<Zygote is simply descriptive of a particular stage of development that applies to all Human Beings, just as fetus, newborn, toddler, teenager, adult, senior etc etc does. Human Beings: ALL OF THEM!>
"Yes, a '"stage of developement" of all human beings, of course. What's your point?"
Besides that you can't spell: Human beings are are Human Beings regardless of their particular stage of development. The biological entities that we call Human Beings begin their biological existence at conception and end their biological existence at death. All stages in between are merely descriptive of the same Human being.
"Your real point: That a zygote is a separate "human being" from it's mother. Well, that's just wrong, from above and: en.wikipedia.org
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Wiki/flunky again?
Is that all you have?
Cloning shows that Human life begins on it's own when the egg and sperm combine to form a new and distinct Human Being. Even your wiki/flunky source acknowledges that.
Life cycle
The human life cycle is similar to that of other placental mammals. The zygote divides inside the female's uterus to become an embryo, which over a period of thirty-eight weeks (9 months) of gestation becomes a human fetus. After this span of time, the fully grown fetus is birthed from the woman's body and breathes independently as an infant for the first time. At this point, most modern cultures recognize the baby as a person entitled to the full protection of the law, though some jurisdictions extend various levels of personhood earlier to human fetuses while they remain in the uterus.
Note: Even they, place the beginning of the Human life cycle with the zygote and recognize that the subjective legal definition of person is a separate issue. Not that wiki can be used as an authority on anything. |
