Nick LongrichSenior Lecturer, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Bath Latest articles by Nick Longrich Humans May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe, If Evolution Has Anything to Say By Nick Longrich published 22 October 19 Opinion A look at 4.5 billion years of Earth's history tells us that intelligence, including extraterrestrial intelligence, is unlikely to evolve. Opinion Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck 2'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers3Astronomers discover giant 'bridge' in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery4James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'5Chinese scientists makes nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research
Humans May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe, If Evolution Has Anything to Say By Nick Longrich published 22 October 19 Opinion A look at 4.5 billion years of Earth's history tells us that intelligence, including extraterrestrial intelligence, is unlikely to evolve.
