For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...
Scientists who analysed nearly 16,000 ancient remains suggest red hair and fair skin is favoured for vitamin D production ...
Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...
When humans started farming around 10,000 years ago, they reshaped their landscapes, diets, and social structures. A common ...
A massive study of ancient genomes has revealed that natural selection acted on hundreds of human genes throughout recent ...
A new research study has revealed that natural selection is driving a surge in redheads. A team of researchers from Harvard ...
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
Another complication is that sustained genetic variation does not emerge exclusively as a result of natural selection.