Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.
Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.
Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...
The human body is full of evolutionary compromises. The loss of the tail may be one of the clearest examples of how change ...
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...
Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.
At first glance, dragonflies and humans seem to have nothing in common. However, a new study has shown that this is not the ...
The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, ...