That's a good question. I can imagine that there was a time before there was life on Earth, and then clearly there was a time X-hundred thousand years or a million years later when there were things that we would all recognize as biological.
A high count indicates the presence of inflammation in the body. Because white blood cells are calculated by the number of cells per volume of blood, test results can vary between labs. Different labs use different degrees of measurements for the white blood cell count.
Confidence votes 340. A rise in the white blood cells may be due to a number of reasons, these are; Stress, Bacterial infections, Intense excercise, Leukemia, Inflammation and Trauma. 6 people found this useful.