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New theory proposes that humans — and analogous life beyond Earth — may represent the probable outcome of biological and planetary evolution


Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model developed by researchers at Penn State for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

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