Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9%, are extinct. Headlines often suggest ...

With eight billion people now walking the Earth, the thought of humans going extinct anytime soon seems rather unlikely. Barring nuclear annihilation, being overrun by artificial intelligence or a ...

A new study has revealed when humans could go extinct by - and only if we stop burning fossil fuels now. Experts from the University of Bristol have revealed that all mammals on Earth could face mass ...

Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, new studies have revealed. The new DNA research has also shed new light on ...

Humans will go extinct on Earth in 250 million years – but that's if we were to stop burning fossil fuels right now, a bleak new study reveals. Computer simulations suggest our planet will face a mass ...

The human species is the ultimate apex predator. We have only existed for 0.007% of Earth's history, yet we have managed to single-handedly transform the face of the planet, paving over its fields, ...

What drove Neanderthals to extinction is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. A new book “The Naked Neanderthal” says humans were the main cause thanks to their superior weapons. The author, ...

‘Overpopulation’ is a scary word, bringing to mind a dystopian Earth where people live in grimy cities and fight over what little food is left. But the reverse of this is just as terrifying – ...

An asteroid will hit Earth one day, but when? (Picture: Getty/Science Photo Libra) In 2020, Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord published a book called The Precipice about the risk of human extinction.

An international team of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute is investigating the biggest dangers. And they argue in a research paper, ...