Evolutionary genetics challenges a recent two-person origin for the entire human population. It does not necessarily ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human-wildlife overlap is projected to increase across more than half of all lands around the globe by 2070. The main driver of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As the human population increases and we build more and more ...

Earth has already exceeded its ability to support the global population sustainably, with new research warning of increasing pressure on food security, climate stability, and human well-being. However ...

The new Atlas of the Human Planet reveals 50 years of global population growth and urbanization trends, providing insights into how cities and rural areas have evolved. This data offers vital tools ...

The human population of Earth could collapse and be cut in half in just 40 years if the conditions on the planet change, according to a chilling new doomsday study. The research – published in Chaos, ...

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Cologne's Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology and the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology has developed a new model, the "Our Way Model.

Over the past 100 years, global demographic changes have been more than just historic — they have been so sweeping and profound as to rank almost on the scale of an evolutionary leap. What we have ...

Learn more about why the human population seems to be in decline and what that could mean for the future. In the U.S., a baby is born every 9 seconds. A person dies every 9 seconds. An international ...

Heinz von Foerster and his colleagues reached their prediction using a hyperbolic growth model. Unlike exponential growth, ...