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

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

GINGERS bullied for their locks at school are getting the last laugh, as natural selection has fuelled a surge in redheads – ...

A Harvard study indicates natural selection has favored red hair for millennia, suggesting redheads may become more common as ...

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

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

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

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

A large-scale genetic study of nearly 16,000 ancient and modern West Eurasians has identified hundreds of gene variants shaped by natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including those linked ...

The study of nearly 16,000 people by Harvard University also found that coeliac disease and lighter skin tones were becoming ...

In natural populations, the mechanisms of evolution do not act in isolation. This is crucially important to conservation geneticists, who grapple with the implications of these evolutionary processes ...

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