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Question: Would life have sprung up and evolved on earth if not for our moon?

desertastronomer 7 May 8
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There would probably only be deep sea animals, I saw a few articles saying that there would drastic weather changes, and that it could easily get really hot or really cold. Even to the point of there being another ice age. I bet even without an ice age happening a lot of stuff would die off from temperature swings and probably wouldn't be able to adapt fast enough.

KyleH Level 1 May 14, 2019
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Not on land probably, but definitely at sea.

Tides helped life get on land forcing sea creatures develop amphibian skills. If no moon, they would have stayed in sea most likely.

tansut Level 3 May 13, 2019
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I think so, but there's a lot more about how life can start we'll need to learn before we'll know for sure. Check back with me after we've colonized our third planet and have discovered alien life.

chilehead9 Level 7 May 10, 2019
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Probably not..
In fact earths orbit and angle to rotation was stabilized by the creation of our moon, it also created the tides which are affected by it's gravitational pull..

Charlene Level 9 May 9, 2019
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Scientists says that at least one comet seen so far that is made up of amino acid along with some other substances. So it can be thought ingredients of life have from outside of earth if rather than living body as a whole has not come from outside of earth. Finally it has got the then favourable environment to flurish the living body.

allmighty Level 6 May 9, 2019
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I saw a show on the science channel on this subject. I don't remember if their conclusion was doubtful or a big no. I don't remember how they came to that conclusion. I'm sorry I brought it up.

Sticks48 Level 9 May 9, 2019
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I have heard that it wouldn’t have. Apparently we need those tides and such.

Hathacat Level 9 May 9, 2019
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While I don't doubt the moon played a role in how life appeared and evolved, I don't see its existence as a requirement for life to have appeared on Earth.

Abiogenesis would most likely have occurred without the moon, just differently than with the moon.

And of course it could have had more fundamental effects back in time.
When it appeared (or was created from the Earth or whatever) did it favorably modify conditions on our planet? Did it change our orbit or whatever?

Billions of years is a long time and life seems pretty robust. I doubt we'll ever know for certain in our case if the moon was necessary or not.

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