Farming Fueled Rapid Human Evolution, Favoring Red Hair and Leaner Bodies
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A large ancient-DNA study of nearly 16,000 West Eurasian individuals finds that natural selection accelerated in the last 10,000 years as farming spread, identifying 479 gene variants tied to traits such as red hair, lighter skin, and lower body fat, with some links to modern diseases like type 2 diabetes and schizophrenia; the researchers have made their dataset public to enable broader cross-population analysis.
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