Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...

A new model upends the decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable event and suggests that maybe it wasn't all that hard or improbable. The team of researchers ...

The concept of the Divine Origin of Nation is rooted in the eternal truth that God, the Cre­ator of the Universe, designed only one na­tion: Mankind. Humankind, as the ultimate creation of God, was ...

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