WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:00.633 Biologically speaking, 00:00.667 --> 00:04.033 "human development begins at fertilization," 00:04.067 --> 00:06.1000 when a woman and a man 00:07.033 --> 00:10.067 each combine 23 of their own chromosomes 00:10.100 --> 00:13.033 through the union of their reproductive cells.