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The principal cell of the lung is the type 1 alveolar epithelial (AT1) cell, which mediates gas exchange. Mouse models implicated surfactant-producing type 2 alveolar epithelial (AT2) cells as facultative stem cells that regenerate AT1 cells after injury through a transitional KRT8\n                  <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                  intermediate. Larger mammals, however, possess terminal and respiratory bronchioles that are lined by alveoli and by epithelial cells that are absent in mice. Here we show, using human pluripotent stem cell-derived lung organoids and comparative computational analysis, a prime role for terminal and respiratory bronchiole cells in AT1 regeneration without AT2 intermediate. 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