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

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

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Natural selection has been playing a bigger role in changing modern human DNA than previously thought, according to a new study. geralt via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 Many people are familiar with ...

The whole world could soon be seeing red. Instead of being the punchline, redheads will have the last laugh, as a new study reports that humans have been constantly evolving to have flame-colored hair ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis The ...

When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied ...

Playing a virtual reality game in which the player takes on the role of the zombie fungus Ophiocordyceps increases the players' understanding of how evolution works. Last summer, Utrecht University ...

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal escapes predators, the strongest plant produces more seeds, and the most ...