What was Metchnikoff's religious belief later in life?
Jewish
Christian
Atheist
Buddhist
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Metchnikoff was a Russian biologist and physician who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908 for his discovery of phagocytosis. He was also a prominent atheist and critic of religion. In his later years, he wrote a book called "The Nature of Man" in which he argued that religion was a product of human ignorance and superstition.
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