what “carbon based” life means
In: Biology
It refers to organisms who’s “building blocks” (in our case cells -> organs) are primarilly made out of chemicals that heavily rely on carbon molulecules bound with some other elements to work.
This also implies that the way in which we produce energy (to move and stay alive) also relies on processing chemicals with high carbon contents.
So far we have only found carbon-based life, however it is theorized that life could also arise from other elements in the right conditions. Silicon is apparently the main candidate for an alternative type of lifeform.
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