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

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

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

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

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 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, ...

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

The topic of archaeological illness research is based on the use of the human skeletal record to reveal the presence of ...

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

(Westend61/Getty Images) The DNA blueprint we carry around with us today has been influenced far more by natural selection ...

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

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