Smithsonian Magazine4h
Intelligent Life May Be More Likely to Exist on Other Planets Than Previously Thought, Scientists Say
Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...
Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years—but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare.
New theory ups the odds that intelligent aliens exist
“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...
Forbes6d
Intelligent Aliens May Be Common On Earth-Like Planets, Scientists Say
A new model increases the probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, upending the ... [+] decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable ...
Life might be much more likely than we realised, scientists say – and it could help us find aliens
If so, that has important effects for life throughout the universe. It suggests that life might have been likely to form ...
EurekAlert!6d
Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we’re not alone
Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...
Talker on MSN6d
Why human-like life in space may be more common than we think
This is a significant shift in how we think about the history of life." The post Why human-like life in space may be more ...