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In a sense that’s very true. However the biggest wrinkle is that most of your cells share a single common ancestor cell. If your body is a community of microbes
by ip26 4y ago
In a sense that’s very true. However the biggest wrinkle is that most of your cells share a single common ancestor cell. If your body is a community of microbes, it’s mostly a village of close relatives, not a symbiote like coral.
- jvanderbot 4y agoAh, I heard quite differently when including microbiome. For example: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270 "More than half your body is not human"
- pmayrgundter 4y agoI believe that's incidental. There are abiotic mice which seem basically the same but require smth like 20% more calories in their diet for same metabolic level.
- lioeters 4y ago> most of your cells share a single common ancestor cell We call her LUCA, last universal common ancestor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_universal_common_ancestor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_universal_common_ancestor