title: Human evolution: new playgrounds for natural selection.
abstract: Despite popular misconceptions, natural selection does operate in modern human populations. New studies even show that changes associated with modernization are deeply reshaping selection pressures and, perhaps, bits of our biological nature.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de recherche PRIMUS, Département de médecine de famille, Université de Sherbrooke, CHUS-Fleurimont, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. emmanuel.milot@usherbrooke.ca
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Milot
authors.forename: Fanie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pelletier
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012641:Selection, Genetic