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An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species toward better-suited traits for survival in their environments. But this ...

TIME: Much of what you write about in the book involves the idea of “dispersal” as an evolutionary process that could ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...