Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...
Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
Another complication is that sustained genetic variation does not emerge exclusively as a result of natural selection.
Gingers have been typecast throughout history. Aristotle believed red hair to be a sign of courage, while writers of the ...
Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
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