The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if aliens came to Earth a million years in the future.

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An ancient human ancestor called Homo floresiensis was likely a scavenger who subsisted on the scraps left behind by the ...

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be.

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Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

The breakthrough could reveal previously hidden ancient human activity inside caves, acting as ‘genetic archives’ ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...