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

Two landmark genomic studies have unveiled unprecedented insights into human evolution, revealing both the largest-ever Indigenous American genetic dataset and hundreds of recent genetic adaptations ...

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

When our distant ancestors first traded nomadic life for farming, villages, and permanent homes, you might assume that the ...

This volume is based on the National Academy of Sciences' Colloquium on the Tempo and Mode of Evolution. The articles appearing in these pages were contributed by speakers at the colloquium and have ...

Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many ...

From Mendel to molecules : a brief history of evolutionary genetics / Michael R. Dietrich -- Genetic variation / Marta L. Wayne and Michael M. Miyamota. Maternal effects / Timothy A. Mousseau -- ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution generated scientific debate and discussion not only in Darwin's own time, but for decades afterward. In the latter part of the nineteenth century and the until the ...

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in understanding how genetic drivers influence the evolution of a specific photosynthesis mechanism in Tillandsia (air plants). This sheds light on the complex ...

"Based on a colloquium of evolutionary genetics of invertebrate behavior, held March 21-24, 1983, in Gainesville, Fla"--Title page verso. Contents Evolutionary behavior genetics / Guy L. Bush -- ...

An eye-opening genetic study recently published in Science Advances explores the genetic connection between human bisexual behavior and a previously unknown reproductive advantage. Ph.D. student ...