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

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 ...

Over 100 attendees filled NYU’s annual Darwin Lecture on Monday, where Princeton professor Lindy McBride explored how humans ...

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

When you think about evolution, what comes to mind? Certainly, things like opposable thumbs are one factor here; so too is ...

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

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 ...

Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our ...