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Evolutionary geneticists spot natural selection happening now in people

  • Written by Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, Ph.D. Student in Biological Sciences, Columbia University
imageAs genes are favored or phased out, human evolution continues.ktsdesign/Shutterstock.com

Human evolution can seem like a phenomenon of the distant past which applies only to our ancestors living millions of years ago. But human evolution is ongoing. To evolve simply means that mutations – the accidental changes to genes that happen normally...

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