Adaptive evolution arises when heritable genetic variation confers a fitness advantage under changing environmental or ecological conditions. Central mechanisms include the generation of variation ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...

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. By Carl ...

A massive new study reveals that different types of intelligence share distinct genetic links with various psychiatric conditions. The research, published in Nature Communications, shows that genetic ...