Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...

In a groundbreaking shift to our understanding of life’s origins, a new study from Penn State University challenges the ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

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

A new exhibit featuring nearly 300 never-before-seen fossils will open at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science ...

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

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

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 ...

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

A research team led by Durham University has made the surprising discovery that a type of gut bacteria has evolved to use one of their enzymes to perform an important function after death.

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...