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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have a new theory for when all mammals – humans included – will be wiped out. Yes, as bleak as it sounds, a supercomputer simulation of the distant future has projected how much global ...

Most species are transitory. They go extinct, branch into new species or change over time due to random mutations and environmental shifts. A typical mammalian species can be expected to exist for a ...

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, ...

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) believes that overpopulation is devastating the planet (Picture: Kristine Kibbee/Les Knight) Les Knight, 77, didn’t realise overnight that he wanted ...