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Life On Earth Barely Evolved For Nearly 100 Million Years – A Lack Of Sex Was To BlameArtist's impression of a Edicaran animal community.Life On Earth Barely Evolved For Nearly 100 Million Years – A Lack Of Sex Was To BlameArtist's impression of a Edicaran animal community.

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Many of the species recorded have not been seen in Angola before, and some of them are completely new species.

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Boltzmann Brains: How Can We Be Sure You Aren't A Giant Brain Floating Around In Space At The End Of Time?

We regret to inform you scientists can’t completely rule out the idea that you have briefly popped into existence as a self-aware brain in a dead universe.

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