Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds

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A technician drilling into a piece of a skull to obtain powder from which DNA could be extracted in David Reich’s lab at Harvard University. Credit: Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times

 

Reporter: Carl Zimmer

Published: April 15, 2026

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Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes.

 

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