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““Our body dries out with every passing year; newborns are about 75 percent water, not much different from an average potato.””

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“All the genetic switches that make fingers, arm bones, and toes do their thing during the third to eighth week after conception.”

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“The retina absorbs the light via sensitive light-gathering cells ... In humans these cells make up about 70 percent of all the sensory cells…

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“Some fish, for example the lungfish, have the one bone at the base. Other fish, for example Eusthenopteron, have the one bone–two bones arrangement.…

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“The key to tooth development is that an interaction between these two layers of tissue, an outer sheet of cells and an inner loose…

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“The molecules that allow microbes to catch their prey and hold on to them are likely candidates for the molecules that form the rivet…

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“In a perfectly designed world —one with no history— we would not have to suffer everything from hemorrhoids to cancer.”

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“Humans are the only ones who refuse to co-sleep with their newborns. All other mammals do it, and in a loving manner.”

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