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

A wave of new genetic research is transforming our understanding of human evolution, revealing that Homo sapiens likely arose from multiple interconnected populations in Africa rather than a single ...

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

From ancient nomads to modern job-hoppers, the urge to move may be written partly into our DNA. People’s tendency to set down roots far from where they were born is partly inherited and grounded in ...

Newly discovered genetic adaptations have major relevance to the health of modern day human populations all over the world ...

A landmark DNA analysis has overturned the long-standing theory that modern humans arose from a single ancestral population ...

A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...

Almost 100 years ago, Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress. Today, we no longer use that word, but the dream of ...