New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

When our distant ancestors first traded nomadic life for farming, villages, and permanent homes, you might assume that the ...

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

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes.

A wave of new genetic research is transforming our understanding of human evolution, revealing that Homo sapiens likely arose from multiple interconnected populations in Africa rather than a single ...

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought.

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Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

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Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, according to a new study.