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

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

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

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

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

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural ...

South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

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

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.