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

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

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

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

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 ...

A rare genetic snapshot from Poland reveals a tightly connected Neanderthal group and reshapes their story across Europe.

The DNA blueprint we carry around with us today has been influenced far more by natural selection than we thought, a massive ...

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

Multiple groundbreaking studies are reshaping our understanding of evolution, revealing rapid genetic changes in humans and plants over recent millennia. Research on Indigenous Americans uncovered ...

Language may feel like one of the most distinctly human things about you, but the genetic groundwork for it appears to be ...

Ancient DNA from a megalithic tomb near Paris reveals a dramatic population collapse followed by the arrival of entirely new ...

Photo provided to China Daily] High on a cliff in Lushan county of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, a small ...