Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if everyone suddenly disappeared? What would happen to all our stuff? What would happen to our houses, our schools, our neighborhoods, our cities?

The fate of humanity might have looked radically different if Ice Age titans like the mammoth and saber-toothed cat had ...

Yes, we might think we’re invincible and capable of doing everything on our own, like John Wayne or James Bond; that is, until we suffer a serious injury or illness, or reach old age. That’s when we ...

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 ...

Bad news, everyone: our cards are marked. The human species will go extinct by the year 2339, so we have just a few centuries left (at time of writing). News editor Jacob Aron shared this shattering ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the biggest mysteries is understanding how large or small ancient human populations ...

Almost every dystopian novel or movie begins by presaging the extinction of the human species. Here’s a partial list: The Handmaid’s Tale * A. I * The Hunger Games * Children of Men * Planet Of The ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...