Scientists who analysed nearly 16,000 ancient remains suggest red hair and fair skin is favoured for vitamin D production ...
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.
Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...
For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...
Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.
Deep in the rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia, three Indigenous communities known collectively as the Orang Asli have lived ...
A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...
In today’s, Dr. David Gordon examines Robert Nozick’s answer to the question asked in the title of this article.