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

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Scientists are cataloging and analyzing the first samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover while the agency weighs its ...

If an alien civilization has technology similar to ours, could it detect life on Earth? Answering this will help our own ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

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

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

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

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

Scientists have discovered that Earth's inner core, previously thought to be solid and unchanging, has experienced ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

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 ...