In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...

The Middle Pleistocene was a turning point for human adaptation in East Asia, as shifting climates reshaped landscapes and demanded new survival strategies. By examining sediments, pollen, ...

Global heating and its associated environmental disruptions are increasingly affecting human societies through deteriorating public health, economic instability, and social dislocation. Rising ...

Natural selection is an important evolutionary force that enables humans to adapt to new environments and fight disease-causing pathogens. However, the unique footprints of natural selection in our ...

Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of ...

Humans are not yet done cooking. We're continuing to evolve and adjust to the world around us, the records of our adaptations written in our bodies. We know that some environments can make us unwell.

With governments around the world falling short on their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the goal of the 2015 Paris agreement to limit the rise in global temperatures is slipping further ...

Gray's Anatomy (the book, not the TV show) was the first comprehensive attempt to map evolved human physiological adaptations — the organs of the human body. Imagine a similar effort to map human ...

Gray's Anatomy (the book, not the TV show) was the first comprehensive attempt to map evolved human physiological adaptations — the organs of the human body. Imagine a similar effort to map human ...