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

The human body is full of evolutionary compromises. The loss of the tail may be one of the clearest examples of how change ...

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

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...

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

Humans carry a surprising relic from deep evolutionary history, one that traces back to a tiny, one-eyed ancestor that lived ...

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 ...

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

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 ...