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Published online 7 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060306-8
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Human selection is alive and kicking
Geneticists track evolutionary forces in three populations.
Humanity's response to the challenges of the past few millennia, from adapting to different environments to taming crops and animals, are writ large in human society. Now geneticists have shown that they are also writ small - in our DNA.
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