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Humans are still undergoing natural evolution

It would be tempting to believe that human evolution has slowed since our ancestors left Africa 300,000 years ago. Yet a new ...

Why Are Human Babies Born With More Bones Than Adults? Hint: Evolution Left Us Unfinished On Purpose

Human babies arrive with 100 extra bones for the same reason birth is the most dangerous event in mammalian life. Both facts ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Humans Are Still Evolving. Natural Selection Has Favored Genes Linked to Red Hair and Less Male-Pattern Baldness, a Study Suggests

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

Why Don’t Humans Hibernate? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

You may not know that our ancestors hibernated during the winter months. Why did we evolve out of this biologically prolific ...
Science Daily

Malaria didn’t just kill early humans, it shaped who we became

Long before humans spread across the globe, a deadly disease may have quietly shaped where our ancestors lived—and even how we evolved. New research reveals that malaria didn’t just threaten early ...
Natural History Museum

Evolution of ancient humans may have been influenced by malaria

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...
The Daily Iowan

Ask the Author | Angela Pelster explores crisis, curiosity, and human evolution, in new collection of essays

Angela Pelster is well-recognized in the literary community for her work. On April 14, she published her collection of essays ...