The origin of oil

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Originally Posted by jaguar

I'm not sure if this has passed peer review but the mere fact that the only news source you could find was worldnetdaily doesn't lend much credence. The theory is not new but evidence has been lacking.

The second link is to a research publication on PNAS, so WorldNetDaily isn't the only source, they just happened to have an article on the subject. A few more details can be found on a Wikipeida article on Thomas Gold, who popluarized this theory back in 1992.