what “carbon based” life means
In: Biology
Almost all the chemicals used in constructing a living creature are based around a chain of carbon atoms, mostly surrounded by hydrogen in a lot of cases. There are near-infinite ways in which these chains can branch off one another, or be bonded, or have different groups of chemicals attached to them to create the chemicals to build life.
This answer comes from more of a chemistry perspective than a biology one, but there you go.
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