Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...
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 selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...
A detailed analysis of the best-preserved Neanderthal infant skeleton ever found suggests that our ancient relatives grew ...
Red hair becoming more common due to natural selection, study shows - Immunity to HIV and resistance to leprosy were also ...
Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...