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

We humans like to think we’re special in basically all ways, but if the history of life is any indication, our species has a ...

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

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, ...