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Over 80% of prehistoric megaherbivores went extinct due to human activity and not climate change: Study
Recent studies have spotlighted the extinction or rapid decline of large mammals over the past 50,0…
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Did infection from human viruses contribute to the demise of Neanderthals 40,000 years ago?
Researchers sifted through DNA extracted from Neanderthal remains in Chagyrskaya Cave, Russia, to l…
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'Intellectually inferior' humans caused Neanderthals to go extinct, a new book claims
Neanderthals' extinction is one of the biggest mysteries about the species. In "The Naked Neanderth…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction
Research found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient h…
Jenny McGrath
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"Mutilation of tree of life": Human activity wiped 71 branches of species from Earth, 35 times faster than expected
We're not just losing animals by the species anymore; it's by the genus now. Examining 34,600 land-…
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OpenAI is so worried about AI causing human extinction, it's putting together a team to control 'superintelligence'
'We don't have a solution for steering or controlling a potentially superintelligent AI, and preven…
Kai Xiang Teo
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Human-caused fires may have contributed to the extinction of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and other animals 13,000 years ago
Researchers say fires, possibly set by humans, led to the disappearance of dire wolves, sabertooth …
Jenny McGrath
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The early ancestors of humans were reduced to 1,300 individuals and came close to extinction, scientists say
The evolutionary bottleneck 900,000 years ago might have been caused by an extreme climate event, r…
Alia Shoaib
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Dire wolves, camels, and other extinct giant mammals that used to live in North America
Giant mammals like dire wolves and saber-tooth cats were once common in North America. But these me…
Jenny McGrath
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27,000-year-old pendants crafted from the skin of extinct giant sloths could help rewrite the human history of the Americas
Researchers found what appeared to be pendants in Brazil, dating from around 25,000 to 27,000 years…
Alia Shoaib
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'Westworld' co-creator Lisa Joy teases 'timeline branching' plans for next season and muses on the extinction of humanity
HBO has yet to renew the sci-fi series for a fifth season, but showrunner Lisa Joy says this season…
Kim Renfro
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Orcas may just be the beginning. Whales and humans are likely to have more strange encounters in the future.
Orcas are targeting boats near Spain and gray whales in Baja let humans pet them. Meanwhile many wh…
Kelsey Vlamis
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From non-native bluegrass in Antarctica to beautiful spotted bugs in the middle of NYC, here are 5 invasive species that are as stunning as they are threatening to humanity
A United Nations report says invasive species are costing the world $423 billion every year to comb…
Hilary Brueck
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Four ways that fossils are part of everyday life
South Africa has some of the best fossil records on Earth, containing fossils of large animals, inv…
PTI
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UN report warns of climate-related mass extinctions, including the disappearance of penguins and polar bears
Half of our plant and animal species could be threatened if global temperatures rise 4 degrees Cels…
Aria Bendix
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Our human ancestors were almost wiped out about 930,000 years ago, leaving just a tiny group of reproductive individuals, new study suggests
Almost a million years later, that tiny group of human ancestors has now grown to 8 billion people …
Katie Balevic
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Generative AI which some fear could contribute to the end of humanity — will be a $1.3 trillion market within a decade, new research says
The generative industry is forecasted to grow from $40 billion in 2022 to $1.3 trillion by 2032, ac…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Sharks once nearly disappeared in an abrupt extinction event 'twice as extreme' as the one that killed the dinosaurs
By studying ancient shark scales collected 3 miles under the Pacific waves, experts found that the …
Aylin Woodward
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Unlivable cities, refugees, extinct animals: UN climate report warns of drastic changes in coming decades
Up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including floods, …
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Human activities disrupted even the most resilient species in the Earth's ecosystem: study
This impact is increasingly modifying natural ecosystems and threatening biodiversity, for example,…