New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

A new study shows the virus could have doubled the frequency of genetic variants in a South African province if effective ...

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Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

A landmark Nature study analysing DNA from nearly 16,000 ancient and modern individuals in West Eurasia has revealed 479 gene variants shaped by natural selection over the past 10,000 years. Findings ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

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Angela Pelster is well-recognized in the literary community for her work. On April 14, she published her collection of essays ...