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

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

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 ...

The whole world could soon be seeing red. Instead of being the punchline, redheads will have the last laugh, as a new study ...

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 ...

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

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

When Charles Darwin first proposed how evolution works in 1859, it seemed plausible. Tiny changes stack up over time, eventually leading a species to become something entirely different. Aside from ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that simple.

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.