{"id":2756,"date":"2011-01-22T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T18:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2011-01-22T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T18:29:28","slug":"the-human-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2756","title":{"rendered":"How Evolution Gave Us The Human Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/128245649\/the-human-edge\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/128245649\/the-human-edge\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/thehumanedge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/thehumanedge.jpg 964w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/thehumanedge-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" 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