what are the minimum requirements for life?

What is the definition of living vs not living,animate vs inanimate. At what point in the evolution of replication (i.e.gene strings) does the scientific field declare a substance to be alive.

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Life as we define it on earth has several common features.  Some scientists debate these features but they are for the most part widely agreed upon

1. Living things reproduce

2. Living things are cellular or made up of cells

3. Livings have DNA

4. Living things perform some type of metabolic activity

5. Living things exhibit growth and development

6. Living things respond to their environment and stimuli

 
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