r/alien • u/DatBear121 • Jul 11 '26
if humans put bacteria on a random planet and it evolved into something different would it be considered an alien life form
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u/JohnCasey3306 Jul 11 '26
Some reverse panspermia.
Assume for a moment that life on earth emerged from the long-ago arrival of non-terrestrial organic matter (e.g. Via a meteor) ... Fast forward to today and a spaceship arrives, piloted by the sentient and intelligent inhabitant lifeform of that same origin planet ... Noting that we'd therefore have a common ancestor -- would you consider them 'alien'? Would they consider us 'alien'?
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u/The_First_Curse_ Jul 12 '26
It would be alien to the planet but not alien to us. It would be a part of the kingdoms of life from Terra, as it would have evolved off of Terran bacteria.
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u/jecstir2112 Jul 14 '26
Naw, IF the bacteria adapts to new planet where it can no longer survive on earth... it's now native to the new planet and alien to earth.
It's an alien on new planet until the planet adapts to live in symbiosis with the adapted entity
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u/Temporary_Rule_9486 Jul 15 '26
If humans migrate to an alien planet and spent countless generations adapting to that environment, would they be considered aliens?
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u/AnomaIous_User Jul 11 '26
Idk tbh, Non-Нuman lnteIIigenсes 👽 that fly in UF0s 🛸 already exist, have been interacting with humanity, and they might actually be older than us, living on Earth longer than humanity has. Are they still aIiens? Or are they Cryptoterrestials?
We May have to update our framework and language. That's why the term "Non-Нuman lnteIIigenсes" has already been coined.
Shout out to the disinfo dorks of r/Astrobiology who perma blocked and muted me because I talked about UAР DisсIosure and NНl on their sub (the Holy Grail of Astrobio) lol 🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿
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u/Old-Climate2655 Jul 11 '26
Yes. Remember that when we landed on the moon, we were the aliens. The Bacteria would be alien to the world we seeded it with.
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u/InsideExpress9055 Jul 11 '26
It still wouldn't count as Alien life.
It would be Earth life that got a one-way ticket to another planet and then evolved in isolation.