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

Humans will likely go extinct eventually, leaving behind a planet that will have to adjust in their wake. While there is no true consensus as to what a human-free world will look like, there are a ...

The human species is the ultimate apex predator. We have only existed for 0.007% of Earth's history, yet we have managed to single-handedly transform the face of the planet, paving over its fields, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) — The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were ...