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

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

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

The latest genetic research from Stajnia Cave in southern Poland has successfully reconstructed the genetic profile of the oldest known group of Neanderthals in Central-Eastern Europe. The findings, ...

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

Something happened around 4,000 years ago in West Eurasia that made red-haired people more common.

A study finds an increase in redheads over 10,000 years due to natural selection, highlighting ongoing human evolution and ...

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

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

The whole world could soon be seeing red. Instead of being the punchline, redheads will have the last laugh, as a new study ...

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