| − | *a true [[organism]] is a responsive, growing, autonomously replicating self-sufficient agent with a [[metabolism]] [http://www.uq.edu.au/vdu/BasicsVirusesAlive.htm]
| + | '''Life''' is a true [[organism]] is a responsive, growing, autonomously replicating self-sufficient agent with a [[metabolism]]. <ref>http://www.uq.edu.au/vdu/BasicsVirusesAlive.htm</ref> Life has existed on Earth for 3.5 billion years. |