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 ...
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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 ...
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Mice With a Human Gene Mutation Start ‘Talking’ Differently—And It Might Be Why We Speak
A new study has revealed that a single genetic mutation, found in all modern humans but absent in Neanderthals and Denisovans ...
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Mice With a Human Gene Started Squeaking Differently. Could This Tiny Genetic Mutation Explain the Origin of Speech?
In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...
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A single protein may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language
Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.
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Why human-like life in space may be more common than we think
Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the “hard steps” model argues that our evolutionary ...
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Alien lifeforms likely to be human-like as new research throws old theory on its head
Aliens probably look just like we do, a new study suggests. This is because scientists now believe life on Earth evolved in a ...
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 ...
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 ...