Produced by: Mohsin Shaikh
A new study suggests that intelligent life may be a predictable outcome of planetary evolution, not a cosmic accident.
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If life evolves with planetary conditions, intelligence may emerge naturally across the universe, not just on Earth.
Humanity’s emergence wasn’t early or late—it happened when Earth’s environment became "ready" for intelligence.
Oxygen levels, climate shifts, and nutrient cycles may open predictable windows for life to advance.
Researchers challenge the long-held "hard steps" theory, arguing intelligence isn’t as improbable as once thought.
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Life’s evolution depends more on planetary conditions than lucky breaks, making alien intelligence more likely.
Astrobiologists and astrophysicists join forces, revealing how planetary changes shape the timeline of evolution.
Future research will investigate whether life’s major evolutionary leaps were truly rare or just inevitable.
If intelligence is a planetary inevitability, alien civilizations could be waiting for us to find them.
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