The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.
From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...
A study led by Dr. Li Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed how recently evolved human-specific genes—critical for ...
The evolution of animal visual systems and their associated photoreceptor genes represents a vibrant field of study that bridges molecular biology, ecology and neurophysiology. At the core of these ...
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Ancient DNA shows that human evolution never slowed down — it sped up after farming
Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.
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