Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

A recent genetic study has revealed a new chapter in human evolution: modern humans originated from at least two ancestral ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Centralized migration accelerates adaptation and drives parallel evolution, emphasizing the key influence of spatial organization on evolutionary dynamics across systems from pathogen transmission to ...

Life in the wild is never constant; animals adapt quickly if they are to survive. Climate change, the reduction of habitats, and human interference ar.

Understanding biological relationships is often critical when studying animal populations. Researchers have now developed a transformative approach that identifies stretches of DNA that two ...

A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought to have descended from a single lineage, is now believed to be the product ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations—the groups that have had the longest time to pick up novel mutations—live ...

New tech rapidly analyzes wheat rust fungus genetics directly from leaves, bypassing slow lab growth. Study of Chinese ...