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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

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layer. And the bacterium Thermus aquaticus, discovered in
the thermal springs in America's Yellowstone National Park,
played a significant role in the advancement of genetic sci-
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ence. Thanks to an enzyme obtained from this micro-or-
ganism, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was
developed—an inseparable component of the Human
Genome Project, genetic testing and genetic analysis. This
made it possible for the process of producing DNA profiles,

which had taken weeks back in the 1980s, to be performed
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Living things make countless contributions to the
ecosystems and balances on Earth, not just to human life.
These contributions' importance and complexity are de-
scribed with an example in an article titled "Ecosystem
Services' Benefits Supplied to Human Societies by Natural
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Ecosystems" written by 11 recognized experts from various
American universities:

Imagine, for example, human beings trying to colonize the
moon. Assume for the sake of argument that the moon had
already miraculously acquired some of the basic condi-
tions for supporting human life, such as an atmosphere, a
climate, and a physical soil structure similar to those on
Earth. The big question facing human colonists would
then be, which of Earth's millions of species would need to
be transported to the moon to make that sterile surface
habitable?

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