Sugars are common components of organisms on Earth. So their discovery in a meteorite from a lifeless part of the asteroid belt has implications for theories of the origin of life.
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Sephton, M. Life's sweet beginnings?. Nature 414, 857–858 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/414857a
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