For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory ...

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

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

Scientists found that evolution itself can evolve. Organisms exposed to changing environments develop a better ability to ...

The journey to Earth's vibrant colours began over 600 million years ago with the evolution of vision. Fast-forward to today, ...

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 ...

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

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

For decades, scientists have debated whether humanity’s existence is a rare cosmic accident or the natural outcome of ...

A new study proposes intelligent life is more likely to emerge than previously thought, driven by planetary conditions.

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

which was published Feb. 14 in the journal Science Advances. "It suggests that the evolution of complex life may be less about luck and more about the interplay between life and its environment ...