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

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, according to a new study.

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.

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

A new genetic study shows that cultural diversity in the so-called Southern Cone—the roughly triangular southernmost part of ...

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

A bizarre, cyclops-like creature from nearly 600 million years ago may hold the key to how your eyes—and even your sleep ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, behaviour and other traits. The biggest ever study of ancient human DNA shows ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes. By Carl ...

Lucy left audiences questioning what happens when the human brain reaches its full potential. Now, a possible sequel raises even bigger questions about evolution and consciousness. Scarlett ...

Genomic data provides evidence for a previously unknown wave of migration, with Indigenous groups living in central and ...