Since such organisms (simple yeasts or bacteria) would carry a brand-new genetic code, they would in effect be new life forms.

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Species driven into extinction by mankind will not be replaced by new life forms for around 10 million years, scientists have calculated.

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Some scientists even want to create entire new life forms from scratch.

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As you explore you find new seeds and new forms of life, and by planting these you can unlock blocked passages.

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For most people, if new forms of life were to be discovered, it would not mean everything they believed was wrong, it would only reinforce what they believed all along.

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In the weird world of Web 2.0, new forms of entertainment such as Second Life and fake CEO blogs blur the boundary between what is real and fake.

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Yet the legal forms Neuerburg got back and signed required the trust funds to be distributed first to New Life and to Mid-America Foundation.

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