A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought.

Scientists have suspected that modern humans have more genes to digest starch than our hunter-gatherer ancestors, but the amylase locus of the genome is hard to study. Researchers have now developed ...

"Man on the Land" explores the evolution of farming and the importance of independence and innovation in agriculture. It traces humanity's journey from prehistoric hunting and gathering to the ...

Farming is truly a special walk of life. As the saying goes, “Man – despite artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and accomplishments, owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact ...

Humans have physically reconfigured half of the world’s land to grow just eight staple crops: maize (corn), soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. They account for the vast ...

The progress of agriculture is increasingly focused on embracing technologies, commonly known as farming. This strategy involves incorporating the Internet of Things (IoT) artificial intelligence (AI) ...