Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

Homo floresiensis was discovered on the island of Flores and immediately challenged existing ideas about human evolution. Standing only about three feet tall, this species showed evidence of tool use ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

The hiccups you’ve been cursing since lunch are older than you could ever possibly imagine — a ghost signal from ancestors ...

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...