A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago, but provided a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life CNN‘3.26 billion years ago’ : Massive meteorite impact may have contributed to the development of early life Business TodayA vast meteor striking Earth might have brought about whole new kinds of life, scientists say The IndependentAsteroid S2 may have helped early Earth life to flourish Sky at Night MagazineMeteorite, four times the size of Mount Everest, collided with Earth and life began India Today