Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

A new genetic study shows that cultural diversity in the so-called Southern Cone—the roughly triangular southernmost part of ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

Multiple new studies are reshaping our understanding of how environmental pressures influence life on Earth. Ancient DNA research from tens of thousands of ancient and modern genomes reveals that ...

A study finds an increase in redheads over 10,000 years due to natural selection, highlighting ongoing human evolution and ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution rewired ...