Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our ...

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

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

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

The human body is full of evolutionary compromises. The loss of the tail may be one of the clearest examples of how change ...

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

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

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

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to ...

From the ability to detect the smell of wet soil to the scent of ripe fruit, the human olfactory system has evolved over ...

Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago.