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Is each of us? Is the truth that it depends on context? You're about 10% human by cell count but 97% human by weight, as am I. The microflora and microfauna of
by cestith 6y ago
Is each of us? Is the truth that it depends on context? You're about 10% human by cell count but 97% human by weight, as am I. The microflora and microfauna of the gut, mouth, and skin are amazingly deep topics we as a species have so far only shallowly investigated.
On another level and somewhat figuatively, is the Internet a society of its own or simply a bridge among societies? Is it a bunch of communities (definitely yes at some level) or one big community with several sub-communities and cliques? Is it a culture, a subculture, a counterculture, a blending of cultures, a point of contact between distinct cultures? Yes, it's all that, and in certain contexts more one than another.
- agumonkey 6y agoThat was included in my question :)
- hammock 6y ago>10% human by cell count but 97% human by weight Interested why the difference between cell count and cell weight is so different in the human and non-human parts? Most of the total weight is water, right? So why is all of the water stored in the human cells but not in the non-human cells?
- frank2 6y agoThe human cells are on average much larger. In general eukaryotic cells are much larger than prokaryotic cells, and most of the non-human cells in a human are prokaryotic. All bacteria for example are prokaryotic. I don't think the fraction of water is higher in eukaryotic cells than in prokaryotic cells. I think water constitutes about 70% of both types of cells.