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Is there a term for “scientific reincarnation”?

Before you get the pitchforks, let me explain - I’m not talking about anything purely speculative or religious or anything to do with the soul, I’m just talking about the literal fact of how the (vast majority of) material in our bodies eventually gets recycled into other living organisms after we die and decompose. I tried finding philosophical or scientific discussions of how this might be experienced or the mechanisms behind it, but I had no such luck. Forgive me if this isn’t the best place to post it!
gpt
The term palingenesis is sometimes used this way. In ancient times it meant something closer to literal rebirth of the individual soul, (or for the stoics, the recreation of the universe) but some modern writers like schopenhauer and others use it to mean the hazy idea that "something" goes on, even if not discrete individual identity.