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

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

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce. Because of this, death is often seen as a failure rather than a ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce.

A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...

Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random ...

Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the “hard steps” model argues that our evolutionary ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

Researchers have 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. Darwin’s theory of natural selection ...

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

Explore how new research suggests that intelligent life may emerge naturally under favorable conditions over time.

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce.