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Summary of Carl Zimmer's Life's Edge
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Listen to the Summary of Carl Zimmer's Life's Edge in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. We all have a sense that we are alive. It is harder to recognize life in other species, because we cannot talk to them or interpret a smile flashing over their faces. But from infancy onward, we use mental shortcuts to sense the lives of others...
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