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

A Harvard-led study of nearly 16,000 ancient genomes from West Eurasia shows that natural selection has been far more common in the past 10,000 years than once believed. Hundreds of genetic variants ...

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

This could have become more beneficial as we shifted from a hunter diet to a farmer diet, with more plants and grains.

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” ...

A landmark Harvard-led study analyzing nearly 16,000 ancient genomes from West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has been far more active in the last 10,000 years than previously thought, ...

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

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural ...

An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it ...

A system once tied to DNA organization in cyanobacteria has evolved into a structure that shapes the cell itself. This shift ...

Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many ...