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  2. Creation of life from clay - Wikipedia

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    The Dogon people believe the Earth goddess was made when Amma flung earth into the primordial void. [36] In a Madagascar myth, two gods create human beings: the earth god forms them from wood and clay, the god of heaven gives them life. Human beings die so that they may return to the origins of their being. [37]

  3. Dust - Wikipedia

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    Dust-producing surfaces cover one-third of the global land area. These are made up of hyper-arid regions like the Sahara, which covers 0.9 billion hectares, and drylands, which occupy 5.2 billion hectares. [5] Dust in the atmosphere is produced by saltation and abrasive sandblasting of sand-sized grains, and it is transported through the ...

  4. Chinese creation myths - Wikipedia

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    That is why rich aristocrats are the human beings made from yellow earth, while ordinary poor commoners are the human beings made from the cord's furrow. [19] Birrell identifies two worldwide mythic motifs in Ying Shao's account. [20] Myths commonly say the first humans were created from clay, dirt, soil, or bone; Nüwa used mud and loess.

  5. Adam and Eve - Wikipedia

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    Satan said that Adam was inferior to him as he was made of fire, whereas Adam was made of clay. This refusal led to the fall of Satan recorded in works such as the Book of Enoch. In Mandaeism, "(God) created all the worlds, formed the soul through his power, and placed it by means of angels into the human body. So He created Adam and Eve, the ...

  6. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Parts-per-million cube of relative abundance by mass of elements in an average adult human body down to 1 ppm. About 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium ...

  7. 50 Of The Most Fascinating, Stunning And Dangerous Natural ...

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    Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to watch and admire them. However, in our short time here on Earth, it’s ...

  8. Islamic mythology - Wikipedia

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    The creation of man in the Quran differed from the Bible in that man was not made like the image of God but in the best of creation and not from Earth's dust but specifically from a dried pottery-like dark red clay, and that humans were made from a mixed fluid droplet that was recreated into a clinging thing, and that God made from water every ...

  9. 41 percent of Americans believe that humans and dinosaurs ...

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    The poll, inspired by the release of the new 'Jurassic World' movie, asked, "Do you believe that dinosaurs and humans once lived on the planet at the same time?" Of the 1,000 people who were ...