Two landmark genomic studies have unveiled unprecedented insights into human evolution, revealing both the largest-ever Indigenous American genetic dataset and hundreds of recent genetic adaptations ...

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

Genome duplication probably gave biodiversity a decisive evolutionary boost. A Chinese-German research team led by Axel Meyer ...

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

Learn more about Human Ancestor Quickly Evolved Regions (HAQERs), genetic regulatory regions that may have shaped language ...

Deep in the rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia, three Indigenous communities known collectively as the Orang Asli have lived ...

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

This volume is based on the National Academy of Sciences' Colloquium on the Tempo and Mode of Evolution. The articles appearing in these pages were contributed by speakers at the colloquium and have ...

A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite rapidly. This study revealed how a specific ecotype of the snail changed its ...