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[–]TheJamesRocket 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The evidence points to Earth having developed complex life very early

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/08/25/491307739/are-we-the-earliest-intelligent-life-in-the-universe

Simple life, actually. Prokaryotes have been around for about 4 billion years. Eukaryotes have only been around for about 1.2 billion years. There was such a long delay between the emergence of simple and complex life that many scientists view it as an evolutionary bottleneck. Some even propose it as a candidate for the great filter.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good point, the emergence of complex life was so unlikely it's nearly impossible mathematically. I meant early relative to other planets in the universe though.