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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Intelligent Life May Be More Likely to Exist on Other Planets Than Previously Thought, Scientists Say

Scientists suggest finding extraterrestial intelligence is more likely than thought, arguing that complex life is not a cosmic fluke. NASA Scientists have adhered to the “hard steps” model of ...
THE WEEK

Intelligent life may be more common than we thought

The evolution of humans on Earth may not be entirely exceptional. That is because intelligent life is likely to form if certain planetary conditions are met, a new study suggests. This idea displaces ...
Reuters

Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - 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 ...
Singularity Hub

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 ...
The Conversation

Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

Daniel Brady Mills receives funding from the German Research Foundation. Jason Wright works for Penn State University, where his research in the search for life in the universe is supported by ...