When humans started farming around 10,000 years ago, they reshaped their landscapes, diets, and social structures. A common ...

A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...

The idea behind this claim is that once humans achieved large enough brains and developed sophisticated cultures, cultural ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

Scientists previously thought only a handful of genes showed signs of selection in recent human evolution, but previous ...

There’s a theory that many of us have an “inner Neanderthal.” The idea is that Homo sapiens and a cousin species once bred, ...

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

The human genome of West Eurasia has been far more affected by natural selection in the last 10,000 years than previously ...

Despite major advances in targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and combination regimens, therapy resistance remains a central barrier to durable cancer ...

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

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

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