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尽管目前地球上某些地方存在一些能在高盐分水域中存活的喜盐生物，但科学家认为，这种生物体很可能是由生存在较纯净水域的生物体进化而来的，这说明生命不可能起源于含盐量极高的水域。

Halophiles, or organisms that can tolerate high-salinity waters, are known to exist in places on Earth, but they likely evolved from organisms that lived in purer waters, scientists think, making it unlikely that life would actually arise initially in extremely briny waters.

诺尔说，或许高盐分“能够支持我们从未见过的某种生物体的生存，但能在含盐量如此高的环境中存活下来的物种必须具备比地球上生命力最强的喜盐生物更独特的生化特性。”

The high salinity, however, "doesn't rule out life forms of a type we've never encountered," Knoll added, "but life that could originate and persist in such a salty setting would require biochemistry distinct from any known among even the most robust halophiles on Earth."

诺尔和托斯卡说，这一发现并不能排除盐分较低的水曾流过火星的可能。

Knoll and Tosca also say the finding doesn't rule out the possibility that less salty waters once flowed on the planet.