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 it’s the natural outcome of a habitable environment rather than a lucky bre
'Perhaps it's only a matter of time': Intelligent life may be much more likely than first thought, new model suggests
For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time.
Intelligent Aliens May Be All Across the Universe, a Controversial New Theory Suggests
According to an alternative model of how intelligent life emerges on planets like Earth, the existence of aliens—and human beings–could be the result of natural planetary processes.
Finding alien life in the universe just got way more likely, according to groundbreaking study
The search for alien life in the universe has fascinated the scientific community for decades – and the chances of finding intelligent life out there in the cosmos just got more likely, according to a new study.
New study: Intelligent life is likely very common throughout the universe
Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random luck.
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 dominate the planet. All this happened about 4.5 billion years after Earth formed,
New Study Suggests Intelligent Life May Be More Common Than Thought
A new study proposes intelligent life is more likely to emerge than previously thought, driven by planetary conditions.
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 at Pennsylvania State University. “We’re an expected or predictable outcome of our planet’s evolution, just as any other intelligent life out there will be.”
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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 ...
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Evolving Intelligent Life 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. But as experts on the entangled ...
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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 ...
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 ...
'Are we the aliens?': Scientists say intelligent civilizations may be everywhere
A new study suggests intelligence may be a natural outcome of planetary evolution, challenging old theories and raising the ...