Monster Galaxies at the Dawn of Time
When asked about the possibility of complex life in a galaxy near the dawn of time, astrophysicist Brian Thomas at Washburn University replied to an email from The Daily Galaxy: "First, my guess is that rocky planets, which might be a requirement for life, aren’t likely in a very young universe without a high abundance of heavy elements (due to not many generations of stars). Not impossible, but more rare than we see today.