New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

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

Scientists have uncovered surprising clues hidden deep in human DNA, and the findings are forcing experts to rethink a ...

From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Two landmark genomic studies have unveiled unprecedented insights into human evolution, revealing both the largest-ever Indigenous American genetic dataset and hundreds of recent genetic adaptations ...

A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...

How do our genes determine our appearance and our susceptibility to disease? This question is central to biomedical research, ...

A new study shows the virus could have doubled the frequency of genetic variants in a South African province if effective ...

New research shows human language evolved through ancient genetic systems that regulate genes, challenging the previous idea.

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

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...