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.
Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds
Originally reported by New York Times
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