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You\’re Only 10% Human

  • April 18, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Only about 10 percent of the cells found on and inside the human body are human. The other 90 percent are microbes, such as tiny mites that live in hair follicles or the many types of stomach bacteria that help with digestion.

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