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Are humans an evolutionary fluke? New research suggests otherwise

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Penn State study suggests intelligent life may be natural outcome of planetary evolution rather than an astronomical accident.

New perspective has profound implications for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Researchers conducted a comprehensive review of geological and biological evidence spanning Earth ’s past.

They analyzed the timing of major evolutionary innovations and compared them to reconstructed environmental conditions.

The research suggests a fundamental shift in how we think about biological evolution and the likelihood of intelligent life in the universe.

Rather than viewing intelligence as an improbable accident, it may be a more predictable outcome given sufficient time and appropriate environmental conditions.

This has significant implications for astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.