And the DNA? Reproduction in living things has a particular and fairly narrow meaning and context. It isn't like doing photocopies.

I think intelligence and personality and free will probably exists in all animal life forms Steve.

Well I can't argue that my cat doesn't possess all three. But my cat is a higher animal. I'm looking at the black mould growing on my window frame. Can't see much sign of personality or intelligence there. As for its free will, I suppose its spores blow helplessly around and just had to grow in the first suitable place they landed. Don't see much free will being exercised there. As I said to Mr Sanity, it's all too easy to get higher-animal-centric about these things.