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Rates of recent human evolution have been the subject of threads here several times.
Here is a AAAS news article. It is based on this behind a paywall Nature article.
16,000 ancient genomes from Europe and the Mideast were analyzed.
Changes associated with the new ways humans lived at this time included farming, using wheels, and metal use. Genomic changes were found in tuberculosis resistance (increased), body fat (reduced), red hair (increased), and male pattern baldness (decreased).
Here is a AAAS news article. It is based on this behind a paywall Nature article.
16,000 ancient genomes from Europe and the Mideast were analyzed.
Changes associated with the new ways humans lived at this time included farming, using wheels, and metal use. Genomic changes were found in tuberculosis resistance (increased), body fat (reduced), red hair (increased), and male pattern baldness (decreased).