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US  \nContents   \nEditor’s Note  \n5 Powers of Myth  \nBY KEVIN BERGER  \nPreludes  \n11 Power in the animal world; the luckiest solar system; why it’s good to admit you’re wrong; a potential new way to treat cancer; and a slimy sensation  \nCover Story  \nPALEONTOLOGY  \n20 Portrait of the Human asa Young Hominin  \nHow the world looked when we were Australopithecus  \nBY THOMAS HALLIDAY  \nThe Last Word  \n108 Lindy Elkins-Tanton  \nThe planetary scientist on rocks, gases, and planetary ingredients INTERVIEW BY KRISTEN FRENCH  \nCOVER Yiran Jia  \nFALK OR ( to o ) W ILL LEAD A NEW ERA OF BOLD EX P L ORATION  \nC A T A LY Z I N G T H E D I S C O V E R I E S N E E D E DT O U N D E R S TA N D O U R O C E A N , S U S TA I N L I F E , A N D E N S U R ET H E H E A L T H O F O U R P L A N E T .  \nL e ar n m or e:  \n[strategic f r am e w or k . sc hmid t oc e an . or g](strategic f r am e w or k . sc hmid t oc e an . or g)  \nISSUE 44  \n34  \n40  \n46  \n52  \nFeatures  \nMICROBIOLOGY  \nYou Eat a Credit Card’s Worth of Plastic Every Week What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to our health?  \nBY KATHARINE G AMMON  \nARTS  \nHe Fast-Forwarded Evolution into the Future  \nForty years ago, a paleontologist pictured Earth millions of years from now. 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