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If you were to divide the 4.5-billion-year history into a 1,000-page book, our distant ancestors, Australopithecus [think: Lucy], appear on the last page.

They were part of a food- chain and had no shortage of predators. So, Australopithecus did what is natural: they relied on their instinct – their animal ability to notice signs of potential danger.