Consciousness Formed Before Life Itself, Scientists Say—And the Evidence Could Be in This Asteroid Sample

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some scientists say support the workings of consciousness.

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