New research shows natural selection continues to shape modern humans, influencing traits from red hair to hair loss risk.

The story of human evolution is far from a straight line — it’s a complex web of species, adaptations, and interconnections. New fossil discoveries and genetic studies are reshaping our understanding ...

The future of artificial intelligence might not be as much a story about engineering as a story about evolution.

New genetic and archaeological evidence is reshaping the long-standing narrative of the Neolithic Revolution in North Africa.

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

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

A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the ...

Astromech, a company founded by serial entrepreneur Ben Lamm and renowned geneticist and Harvard scholar Dr. George Church, ...

Genome evidence points to a slow blending of peoples — not a violent tide of invaders — that laid the foundations of modern ...

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 ...