A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

This is a significant shift in how we think about the history of life." The post Why human-like life in space may be more ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Scientists have revealed a new model which suggests humanity is the "natural evolutionary outcome" for our planet and is not ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Five years ago, NASA provided an updated version of the Pale Blue Dot. JPL engineer Kevin M Gill reprocessed the image with modern tools but following the original approach, even receiving inputs from ...

Bill Burr probably didn't anticipate that some comments from an episode of his Monday Morning Podcast would go viral this week but when he went off on ...

Have you ever heard of human composting? A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill during the current legislative session that ...