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10,000 Years of Human Evolution Reveals Natural Selection is Accelerating, Recent Human Genome Study Reveals

· Thedebrief · April 16, 2026, 12:23 p.m.

Breaking News genetics Ancient DNA evolution Human Evolution Natural Selection genome studies West Eurasia

Summary

This blog post discusses a recent study on the human genome in West Eurasia, providing insights into how natural selection has accelerated over the past 10,000 years, which challenges previous assumptions about human evolution.

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