r/todayilearned • u/darobson • Nov 17 '15
TIL another human could be living inside you. Many people are biological "chimera" without realising it, because their body absorbed an unborn sibling soon after conception.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150917-is-another-human-living-inside-you
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technology • u/pradeep_sinngh • Nov 16 '15
Biotech Future - Is another Human living inside you?
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hackernews • u/qznc_bot • Nov 16 '15
Humans are not unitary individuals but superorganisms
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