Something happened around 4,000 years ago in West Eurasia that made red-haired people more common.

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

A new study from MIT suggests that a carcinogen that has been found in medications and in drinking water contaminated by ...

Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath ...

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell genes for foraging, while farmers' olfactory receptors evolved alongside ...

More than two years after H5N1 bird flu was first detected in U.S. dairy cattle, the virus has proven remarkably good at ...

Sandaconda and Silicobra finally make their Pokémon GO debut during the Sustainability Week 2026 event, and on first glance, ...

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

There is strong scientific consensus surrounding this story and it is informed by multiple converging lines of evidence.

A surprising discovery from high-altitude animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes could reshape how we treat nerve damage in humans. Scientists found that a genetic mutation helping these animals ...

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