Why are the conditions for alien life to evolve the same as ours? Why can’t they evolve without water, or extremely far from their sun? Is there a reason for this or is it just because our only example is ourselves?

Question

Idk if to put biology or planetary science so ye.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because for life to start, the conditions are pretty specific.

And chemistry is strict.

So sure a creature can evolve to survive extreme environments but those same environments wouldn’t allow the initial sparks of life to happen.

So for the most part we should focus our search on places like earth.