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

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

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

The human body is full of evolutionary compromises. The loss of the tail may be one of the clearest examples of how change ...

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, ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

The theory that East Africa is the most likely birthplace for human beings has persisted over many years. A new find, however ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to ...