Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

A large study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years has revealed that natural selection has ...

GINGERS bullied for their locks at school are getting the last laugh, as natural selection has fuelled a surge in redheads – ...

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

In today’s, Dr. David Gordon examines Robert Nozick’s answer to the question asked in the title of this article.

Scientists previously thought only a handful of genes showed signs of selection in recent human evolution, but previous ...

A change of venues didn't stop the stacked cast of skiers from throwing down.

A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...

The beetle that ‘shouldn’t exist’ turns out to be a case study in how complex traits actually evolve. Here’s how it came to ...

The hiccups you’ve been cursing since lunch are older than you could ever possibly imagine — a ghost signal from ancestors ...

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

On the Canary Islands, scientists discovered that the spider Dysdera tilosensis has halved its genome size in just a few million years—defying traditional evolutionary theories that predict larger, ...