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Life On Earth Is More Like A Verb. It Repairs, Maintains, Re-creates, And Outdoes Itself.
-Lynn Margulis
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Life On Earth Is More Like A
Lynn Margulis
Life On Earth Is More Like A Verb. It Repairs, Maintains, Re-creates, And Outdoes Itself.
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Body Concentrates Order. It Continuously Self-repairs. Every Five Days You Get A New Stomach Lining. You Get A New Liver Every Two Months. Your Skin Replaces Itself Every Six Weeks. Every Year, 98 Percent Of The Atoms Of Your Body Are Replaced. This Non-stop Chemical Replacement, Metabolism, Is A Sure Sign Of Life.
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