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

Bronze Age natural selection accelerated human evolution, challenging long-held beliefs about genetic adaptation.

When our distant ancestors first traded nomadic life for farming, villages, and permanent homes, you might assume that the beastly forces of natural selection lost their ability to shape our species, ...

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It would be tempting to believe that human evolution has slowed since our ancestors left Africa 300,000 years ago. Yet a new ...

The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

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Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis The ...

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal escapes predators, the strongest plant produces more seeds, and the most ...