@bewildered,
New edition of the Feb. 18 addendum:
Added on Feb. 18, 2011:
Reasons for identifying epididymis remains in meteorite Lafayette
1. According to Wikipedia article (note 1), epididymis is part of the male reproductive system. In humans, it is six meters long, tightly coiled behind each testis. This human epididymis tubule micrograph (Fig. 1):
http://www.bu.edu/histology/p/16902lba.htm closely resembles the Martian material (Fig. 2):
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2. No Earthly material/contaminants could have got into the meteorite and formed “sperm and tubules” in Figure 2.
3. The origin of the above Martian material is not minerals or any other non-life material for the following reasons:
(a) Phylosilicates, or clay, or asbestos may resemble the Martian material on the nano/micron levels, but they are never found to show the size and shape of whole “epididymis tubules” in Figure 2 above.
(b) Other minerals may possibly show the general shape of whole “epididymis tubules”, but such minerals, on the nano/micron/crystal/cell levels, do not show the morphology of phyloslicates, or clay, or asbestos, or “epithelial cells” or “sperm” of Figure 2 above.
So, the only other non-life possibility is nonminerals that has no life, such as amber, frozen carbon dioxide, man-made fibers, etc. Again, these nonminerals have never been reported to resemble epididymis tubules on both nano and micron levels.
In view of (a) and (b), the Martian material in Figure 2 must have had its origin in an organism. As meteorite Lafayette has been confirmed by NASA as originating from Mars, and in view of Point 1 and Point 2, I can only conclude the Martian material in Figure 2 was Martian animal fossil organ remains of epididymis. The Martian past life is shown on four levels in Figure 2: on the organ level ( epididymis); on the tissue level (epithelium and tubules); on the cell level (sperm and epithelial cells); on the molecule level (flagellum of sperm). I never saw a Martian fossil showing all four levels of life.
Note 1: Wikipedia article on epididymis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymis
Note 2: Free online article describing the Martian material
http://www.alphagalileo.org/AssetViewer.aspx?AssetId=41774&CultureCod
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