More Interesting Stories from Discover Magazine

On page 48, of the January, 2008 issue of Discover, the following story is featured:Human Genome Reveals Signs of Recent Evolution, by Jennifer BaroneNew genetic evidence suggests that evolution has continued to shape our species powerfully over the past 100,000 years. By looking for signals based on how much DNA mutates over generations, researchers found clues that as much as 10 percent of the