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Interconnectedness Pragmatically: Your DNA is the Composite of Millions of Generations of Genetic Code
When life started in those primordial seas of old who would have thought it would blossom into one of the greatest mysteries of the cosmos. Single-celled organism who sprang out of combinations of organic matter coming alive like some sort of Frankenstein monster struck by lightning. Dwelling on such a story and the intermittent time until now seems like a wholesome endeavor but not one allowable under certain circumstances. I have a message of imperative; of information so potently sobering that it will make you want to get stoned for a whole three-day weekend. All life on earth today can be traced back to those esoteric and minuscule forms of life. Not only that, but they can be attributed as being the forefathers of every species to ever roam this gem of a marble. Dinosaurs, sharks, wolverines, and even us. Humans that is, or did you think a spaceman was writing this article? Sadly, for the rest of you, it is indeed a human that wrote this; a member of your species who just happens to have spent too much time in space. If you have made it this far, I implore you to follow my train of thought for a brief moment more. This historical chain of life has a significant implication for the interconnectedness of things. We are connected to every living thing literally. We can forgo metaphysical and dogmatic methods of deciding we are interconnected and realize that common ancestry connects us all. Not in this lifetime or a million lifetimes could many organisms on Earth be found to have shared ancestry with humanity. But, when you go to the beginning, the sincere origin of life, you can find that there is a tie that binds us to every living thing on Earth, ever.