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Figure 1: Tentative classification of explanatory levels, interactions that characterize them, and a human view of which of these categories are important in distinguishing humans from other groups of organisms.

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Bains, W. The parts list of life. Nat Biotechnol 19, 401–402 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/88044

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