From Contexts of Optimal Growth in Childhood by Mihaly Csikszentmahlyi, Daedulus, Volume 122, No. 1, Winter 1993.
Reproductive success is not simply a matter of passing on chemical information coded on chromosomes, but involves transmitting extrasomatic information coded in words, works, and behavioral models.From the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Main Entry: ex·tra·so·mat·ic
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being something that exists external to and distinct from the individual human being or the human body
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