{"id":742,"date":"2013-11-02T12:38:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T12:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=742"},"modified":"2013-11-02T12:38:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T12:38:37","slug":"alien-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2013\/11\/alien-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/alien18neca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-743 alignright\" alt=\"alien18neca\" src=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/alien18neca.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/alien18neca.jpg 396w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/alien18neca-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>Astrobiology encompasses research into the origins and limits of life on our own planet and where else this marvellous phenomenon might have emerged. On some worlds the conditions could be stable enough to allow life to progress beyond microbes. These alien plants and animals would be subject to the same physical constraints as life on Earth, and so certain features might be universal throughout the galaxy, whereas other alien features would have evolved as ingenious solutions for survival in environments very different to Earth. So what might an alien actually look like? Building on firm scientific foundations, where evolutionary biology, astrophysics and planetary science overlap, we\u2019ll see just how plausible are the aliens that populate our sci-fi films and TV shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you would like to book this talk please\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lewis@lewisdartnell.com\">email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"Lewis_Dartnell\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Alien%20Evolution\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astrobiology encompasses research into the origins and limits of life on our own planet and where else this marvellous phenomenon might have emerged. 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