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

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

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

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

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought.