The human body is an exquisite formation that structures our movements, abilities, and identities. Careful observation, description and analysis of human anatomy can inform an understanding of the ...

A Harvard-led study analyzing 22,000 genomes from ancient and modern individuals has identified nearly 500 genetic changes driven by natural selection over the past 10,000 years in Europe and the Near ...

A number of studies have highlighted that ethnicity is an important factor influencing the genetic variability of some CYP450 enzymes and that human adaptation could have a role in shaping the genetic ...

Explore 25 Cultures With Extraordinary Abilities that push human limits. From deep-diving Bajau to high-altitude Sherpas, ...

Recently, a paper entitled “Genome-wide DNA methylation landscape of four Chinese populations and epigenetic variation linked to Tibetan high-altitude adaptation” was published online in the journal ...

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 ...