Two landmark genomic studies have unveiled unprecedented insights into human evolution, revealing both the largest-ever Indigenous American genetic dataset and hundreds of recent genetic adaptations ...
When our distant ancestors first traded nomadic life for farming, villages, and permanent homes, you might assume that the ...
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...
From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...
Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.
There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.
A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...
Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...
A new genetic study shows that cultural diversity in the so-called Southern Cone—the roughly triangular southernmost part of ...
Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...