Carbon-based life form

Carbon-based life forms were organisms whose biochemistry was based on carbon compounds, with water as a solvent. The majority of sentient (and other) species in the galaxy fell into that category. Such life forms typically evolved in atmospheres mostly made up of a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen. Alternative biochemistries included one based on silicon, and another based on mercury.

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