Compared to people in the 19th Century, modern people are taller, heavier, and experience menarche at an earlier age but we can’t say whether that has anything to do with natural selection.

Natural selection has been acting on more than 700 human genes over the last 3,000 years, perhaps contributing to the persistence of disorders like inflammatory bowel disease.

Natural selection isn’t the only factor driving evolution, says Laurence D Hurst. And it’s happening faster than ever before. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Natural selection implies that if organisms are surviving, they are adapted. But as the environment changes, we may find that what was once an adaptation may no longer be useful. Although it’s ...

Natural selection is a process whereby species that have traits that enable them to adapt in an environment survive and reproduce, passing on their genes to the next generation.

What Does 'Natural Selection' Mean? Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution—not evolution itself. "Natural" refers to ...

A strange tiny species of crustacean has challenged the way we think about natural selection and evolution. This microscopic animal, known as a water flea or Daphnia pulex, generates genetic ...

What Natural Selection Tour is doing, he said, is right at the center point. “It’s a crazy time to be in media with things changing so rapidly,” Rice said.