"We can conceive of a primitive system that could grow, reproduce and evolve, showing all the properties we associate with the living state," he reports.

我们孕育的这么一个原始生命，它可以长大，复制繁殖和进化，能够展示我们能和生命挂钩的一切性质。“他说。”

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The so called "God given human nature" comes from the gene. The replication of gene is the force behind the ability of all living creatures, including human beings, to sustain, reproduce and evolve.

所谓“天赋的人性”就是来自基因，是基因的自我复制的动力成为所有生物，包括人类生存、繁殖和进化的原动力。

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The Nile's warm waters and abundant food supply helped the crayfish evolve, Khalil says, to reproduce at twice the rate of other species.

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