At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Developers are now testing a social platform where artificial intelligence systems can argue, post, and refine their views ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Very few people live beyond a century. So, if no one had babies anymore, there would probably be no humans left on Earth within ...

Investigating the 'overkill' hypothesis, this piece explores how human-wildlife conflict may have driven megafaunal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long thumb and straight fingers would have allowed Paranthropus boisei to form a powerful grip, similar to how modern humans ...

Tim Coulson, a professor at Oxford University, has dedicated years to researching how life evolves. He thinks that if we vanished, it would create space for ...