(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

It is often assumed that modern humans are no longer evolving. But there is now considerable agreement among scientists that evolution is still affecting our species—and this process is taking place ...

MPN-BP transformation is driven by sequential mutations disrupting genomic stability, with TP53 mutations being strong predictors of progression. TP53 mutations confer a selective growth advantage, ...

Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time ...

Think of evolution, and you might think of Darwin's finches and natural selection. But according to researchers writing in the journal BioScience, it is not our genes that are determining our current ...

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...