Smithsonian Magazine1d
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 ...
Space on MSN16h
Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests
"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
New York Post6d
Odds of human-like lifeforms on other planets may be more likely than previously thought: study
Intelligent life may develop on planets as a rule, not an exception — increasing the odds of humanity existing beyond Earth, according to a new study. Researchers from Penn State University ...
Houston Chronicle8d
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
He imagined three possibilities. In one, intelligent life like humans generally arises very quickly on planets, geologically speaking – in perhaps millions of years. In another, it typically ...
Forbes7d
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 ...