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

(Westend61/Getty Images) The DNA blueprint we carry around with us today has been influenced far more by natural selection ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

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

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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 selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, according to a new study.

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

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Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

Have you ever come across a statement like this: “I can’t believe that something as beautiful and complex as the human eye could be the result of a random process like evolution”? Or this: “It seems ...