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Researchers have developed a model that captures the dynamics of human dispersal across the continent during the last Ice Age in unprecedented detail. An interdisciplinary research team from the ...

In a new open-access study that I published with my late colleague Kostya Trachenko from Queen Mary University of London, I propose a surprisingly simple nonlinear mathematical equation that unifies ...

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 study reveals that the optimal, sustainable global human population is approximately 2.5 billion. If current trends hold, population numbers will inevitably peak at a maximum capacity between 11.7 ...

While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly underrepresenting rural areas. By analyzing 300 rural dam projects across 35 ...