The familiar claim about humans evolving from apes leaves out an important part of the story. Fossils and DNA reveal a much ...

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers say a decrease in glycosaminoglycan (GAG) molecules in joints separated human ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Israeli and Japanese researchers report in Nature that reduced cartilage cushioning molecules, an evolutionary trade-off tied ...

Population genetics applies mathematical and statistical approaches to gene‐frequency changes over time and space, uniting genetics, evolutionary biology and anthropology to illuminate human origins, ...

A just-published article in the journal Nature—“Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia,” (Akbari et al, 15 April 2026)—describes how the development of agriculture in ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

Before 2026, no documentation existed of a human gene that was both mobile and required for bodily functions. However, ...

In 2010, researchers searching through viral DNA stumbled upon something that didn’t belong there. Inside the genome of a ...