The first suggests that evolution forced us to follow leaders who seemed to be right most of the time.

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But a new model that simulates the birth and evolution of planets shows that conditions need to be just, just right to get a solar system like ours.

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Earlier this year, I was in Cecil County, Maryland, a very conservative area, and they came right to the brink of suggesting that students read alternative texts that would put evolution into question.

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