A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal escapes predators, the strongest plant produces more seeds, and the most ...

In natural populations, the mechanisms of evolution do not act in isolation. This is crucially important to conservation geneticists, who grapple with the implications of these evolutionary processes ...

A team of global experts has discovered new signals of natural selection in humans. Led by UC Santa Barbara Tsimane Health and Life History Project co-director Michael Gurven, the team studied two ...

Q: Tell us about this "dangerous idea" of Darwin's. A: I think Darwin's idea of natural selection is the best idea anybody ever had, ahead of Newton, ahead of Einstein. What it does is it promises to ...

Cycling safaris are gaining in popularity because they’re active, immersive, and more sustainable than traditional safari models. More importantly, they’re exhilarating—nothing compares to the thrill ...

The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed down to its offspring. To suggest otherwise can provoke ...