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

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

According to a new study, natural selection has led to the evolution of light skin tones, red hair, and resistance to HIV and leprosy in West Eurasians over the past 10,000 years. It also decreased ...

A massive study of ancient genomes has revealed that natural selection acted on hundreds of human genes throughout recent ...

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

A new research study has revealed that natural selection is driving a surge in redheads. A team of researchers from Harvard ...

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

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, ...

Another complication is that sustained genetic variation does not emerge exclusively as a result of natural selection.

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