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Fetuses possess a functioning cardiovascular rhythm

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Just mere weeks into development, before most external features even exist, a tiny cluster of specialized tissue manages to organize itself and spontaneously begin contracting, acting as a premature engine for a mostly unformed entity.

Fetuses possess a functioning cardiovascular rhythm
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