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Look, we\u2019ve all been wondering. How do the Minions<\/a> reproduce? They all have male names, so is it asexual reproduction, like with spores? Maybe some Minions change their sex, like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Maybe they split in half, amoeba-style. Minion co-creator and voice actor Pierre Coffin has a far more intriguing proposal. Speaking to Polygon, Coffin suggested that Minions have existed since the dawn of time. Like matter, Minions cannot be created nor destroyed (which kind of takes the oomph out of the Minions & Monsters final act, non?). What\u2019s more, they are responsible for all life on earth.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a question that we\u2019ve all asked ourselves,\u201d Coffin said, \u201cat a highly creative level.\u201d Coffin explained that he had an idea to give a complete origin of the Minions species as the credits sequence to Minions and Monsters. \u201cWhen we did the first Minion movie<\/a>, the opening credits, they started off as little yellow cells,\u201d Coffin said. \u201cI had another idea for the opening credits of this movie. His plan was to show the Big Bang, and from it emerge \u201clittle yellow dots.\u201d These yellow dots would hop from planet to planet, until eventually landing on earth. \u201cSo, trying to say the origin of this whole thing, actually, is the Minons,\u201d Coffin said.<\/p>\n An outer-space source for life on earth isn\u2019t a new theory. Scientists have hypothesized<\/a> tiny single-celled organisms floated through space, landed here, and populated the earth. It\u2019s not the most popular theory, but it\u2019s not the most crackypotty, either. Something had to cause life to spring forth from the primordial soup, why not these little yellow guys. The Minions doing a Prometheus to earth was eventually cut, however. Coffin said it got away from Minions & Monsters\u2019 main focus: the magic of Da Movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n