A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...
Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.
Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
A growing number of discoveries are reshaping long-held ideas about human evolution, from unexpectedly early stone tools to ...
Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.
A study finds an increase in redheads over 10,000 years due to natural selection, highlighting ongoing human evolution and ...
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
The human body is full of evolutionary compromises. The loss of the tail may be one of the clearest examples of how change ...