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I googled "number of bacteria in the world" and the number is around 5 * 10^30. I mean, there are 7 * 10^9 humans and each human has trillions (10^12) bacteria,
by MaximumYComb 7y ago
I googled "number of bacteria in the world" and the number is around 5 * 10^30. I mean, there are 7 * 10^9 humans and each human has trillions (10^12) bacteria, so the human population + bacteria in the body totals over 20^22 living organisms alone.
- yters 7y agoEven so my point remains. Why do bacteria seem significantly less complex than humans, yet have an extremely greater rate of evolution?