The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid ...

Tech is evolving too fast for human biology. Mental health trends show we're struggling. To survive, we must speed up ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

MailOnline's graphic below shows this 'hidden chapter' in human evolution spanning from 1.5 million years ago (top) until the modern-day (bottom). For the study, the team used data from the ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual.

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

In other words, the path taken — the tempo and pattern of growth — carves the face as surely as genetics do. The findings ...