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FiveGoodMen

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1. As I said in another thread, that headline must be misstated

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 06:46 PM

Dec 2018

Humans have an average of 37 or so trillion cells. Each of us.

Billions of micro-organisms wouldn't amount to much at all.

Billions of kinds would be a whole lot, but I don't think they've had time to make THAT estimate, so that can't be right either.

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Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms [View all] Eugene Dec 2018 OP

As I said in another thread, that headline must be misstated FiveGoodMen Dec 2018 #1

There are only 6 trillion mammalian cells in a human kiri Dec 2018 #2

Nobody knows how this happens kiri Dec 2018 #3

Deep Beneath Your Feet, They Live in the Octillions Eugene Dec 2018 #6

So after we f--k it all up, life will return. rickyhall Dec 2018 #4

which raises the odds of life outside of our planet itsrobert Dec 2018 #5