The human, and really, animal cell, has made a more than 3 billion year journey to be with us today in its present form. All life on this planet owes their humble beginnings to a shared single cell. Through all of these years, the single, then animal, then human cell has gone through many changes, adding other cells into its bigger self, evolving its DNA, until we have this cell you see before you. In investigating it, we are actually shining a light on our biological past, learning its history.
In the interactive guide to the human cell you find before you, each important structure in the cell has a plus sign next to it. Hover over the plus sign to open an explanation about that structure.
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19 Things to AVOID to Make Your Phone Live Longer
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Asteroid Mining: Why it's the New Trillion Dollar Business
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PayPal Versus Credit Cards: Here's the Lowdown!
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Erecting a Behemoth: Installation of an Offshore Oilrig
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WHY is Sugar So Devilishy Addictive?
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The Facts You Didn't Know About the Human Body...
Discover 120 fascinating and surprising facts about your body you may not have known. Going over most of the body parts, you will learn so much you never knew about the body we all use.
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What Does Medicine ACTUALLY Do In the Body? Fascinating.
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Let's Learn All About Your White Blood Cells
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Fascinating: How Fast Does Our Brain Operate?
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The Rise of the Machines: Can Humanoid Robots Help Us?
Will humanoid robots change the way we work forever?
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This Secret Invention Changed the Course of WW2
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Breathalyzers May Be More Important Than You Thought
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