This sounds a lot like its hinting at the bodies proactiveness in preparing for evolution of any sort.
        
             
        
        
        
It means an organism respire without it 
so that organism know as anaerobic 
for example : bacteria eats human and animal dead bodies under the earth there O² is deficient so bacteria respire with oxygen O²
        
                    
             
        
        
        
It helps repair and build your body's tissues, allows metabolic reactions to take place and coordinates bodily functions. In addition to providing your body with a structural framework, proteins also maintain proper pH and fluid balance. also catalyse reactions in our bodies, transport molecules such as oxygen, keep us healthy as part of the immune system and transmit messages from cell to cell.