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

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

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

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

The latest report from David Reich’s genetics lab at Harvard is that “Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

The human genome of West Eurasia has been far more affected by natural selection in the last 10,000 years than previously ...

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

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

A massive ancient DNA study reveals evolution didn’t stop — it sped up, reshaping human genes in just 10000 years ...

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