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 ...

A series of recent studies using unprecedented ancient DNA datasets have revealed that human evolution is far more complex and recent than previously thought. Findings challenge the idea of a single ...

DNA switches that predate humans and Neanderthals still influence how people speak today, offering new clues about language ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

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

A landmark Nature study analysing DNA from nearly 16,000 ancient and modern individuals in West Eurasia has revealed 479 gene variants shaped by natural selection over the past 10,000 years. Findings ...

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

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

Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

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

J. Craig Venter, the outspoken scientist who challenged a $3 billion government effort to decode the human genome and helped ...