"If the fact that a 1-2% alternation in our DNA from chimps may be partly responsible for our devolution doesn’t concern you, perhaps these stats might.
“Almost 99% of the human body mass consists of six main elements; namely: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphor; 65–90% of each cell in the body is composed of water, as such, oxygen and hydrogen are among the main constituents of the human body.”
“Less than half of the cells in the body are human. The rest belong to microorganisms . . . To our 30 trillion human cells, we have on average about 39 trillion microbial cells. So by that measure, we’re only about 43% human.”
If you’re wondering what those microorganisms are they consist mainly of bacteria, viruses and fungi."
Full Article: [patheos.com]