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

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

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

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 ...

A Harvard-led team has analyzed 22,000 ancient and modern genomes, revealing nearly 500 genetic changes driven by natural selection over the past 10,000 years. The study, published in Nature, ...

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

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

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

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...