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Living organisms undergo metabolism, maintain homeostasis,
possess a capacity to grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce and,
through natural selection, adapt to their environment in
successive generations. More complex living organisms can
communicate through various means. A diverse array of living
organisms (life forms) can be found in the biosphere on Earth,
and the properties common to these organisms—plants, animals,
fungi, protists, archaea, and bacteria—are a carbon- and
water-based cellular form with complex organization and
heritable genetic information.
In philosophy and religion, the conception of life and its
nature varies. Both offer interpretations as to how life
relates to existence and consciousness, and both touch on many
related issues, including life stance, purpose, conception of
a god or gods, a soul or an afterlife.
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