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.
What Causes High White Blood Cell Counts? White blood cell counts are elevated when the body is fighting an illness or disease, so a high count is indicative of an infection. Often, your doctor will order another round of tests after he or she determines you have a high white blood cell count.
What Does High White Blood Count Indicate: An increase in the count of white blood cells represents: 1  Some kind of inflammation in the body. 2  The body is suffering from some kind of trauma. 3  Presence of some allergy. 4  Any kind of damage to some tissue. 5  Some chronic infection in bone marrow.