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Virtually all electrons and nuclei of the atoms that are or have been part of living matter on Earth have reached us from almost all stars in our and nearby galaxies and even from all other galaxies in the Universe that have produced observed high-energy gamma rays. However, a standard 70 kg human is always making about 73He, 60040Ca, and 300014N nuclei every second by radioactive decay of H, 40K and 14C, respectively.
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Davies, R.E., Koch, R.H. (1991). Connections: Life on Earth and atoms in the Universe. In: Heidmann, J., Klein, M.J. (eds) Bioastronomy. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 390. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54752-5_247
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