Human-wildlife overlap is projected to increase across more than half of all lands around the globe by 2070. The main driver of these changes is human population growth. This is the central finding of ...
The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations ...
Since 1805, the number of humans on Earth has skyrocketed from one billion to eight billion. Zoomed out, the growth appears positively parabolic. For everyone alive today, the present population boom ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we ...
10,000-Year-Old Genomes Rewrite Human Evolution ...
The U.N. predicts the world population will reach eight billion by November 15. Grant Faint via Getty Images The population of humans on Earth is expected to reach eight billion by November 15, ...
Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is evident in burgeoning waterfront cities and in the increasing damage from powerful storms and rising sea levels. Yet, reliable, ...
An ancient group from central Argentina held on to their DNA, even with the exchange of culture and language.
In his Dec. 18 commentary, Antony Davies, a Duquesne University economics professor, wrote, “The truth is humans create resources. When Malthusians point to explosive population growth, they think ...
Dear EarthTalk: The world added its seven-billionth person in 2011, but the news came and went quickly while Charlie Sheen news kept on and on. But isn’t population growth the “elephant in the room” ...