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Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

A vast mosaic of cells, some that are identical and some that are slightly different, make up the human body. Knowable Magazine You began when egg and sperm met, and the DNA from your biological ...

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