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

A growing number of discoveries are reshaping long-held ideas about human evolution, from unexpectedly early stone tools to ...

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

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

Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many ...

Around 8% of the human genome is made up of ancient viral sequences—endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) that integrated into our ancestors’ germline millions of years ago. Once thought to be inert genetic ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reconstruction of the crushed skull labelled Yunxian 2, which has features that are closer to species thought to have existed ...

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 ...

Scientists previously thought only a handful of genes showed signs of selection in recent human evolution, but previous ...

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

A study finds an increase in redheads over 10,000 years due to natural selection, highlighting ongoing human evolution and ...