A major unanswered question regarding the dispersal of modern humans around the world
concerns the geographical site of the first human steps outside of Africa. The" southern …

Although fossil remains show that anatomically modern humans dispersed out of Africa into
the Near East∼ 100 to 130 ka, genetic evidence from extant populations has suggested that …

Abstract Background The out of Africa hypothesis has gained generalized consensus.
However, many specific questions remain unsettled. To know whether the two M and N …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y-chromosome and, more recently, genome studies from living
people have produced powerful evidence for the dispersal of modern human populations …

Background Two potential migratory routes followed by modern humans to colonize Eurasia
from Africa have been proposed. These are the two natural passageways that connect both …

Background: The Levant is a crucial region in understanding human migrations between
Africa and Eurasia. Although some mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) studies have been carried …

Between the 15th and 19th centuries ad, the Atlantic slave trade resulted in the forced
movement of∼ 13 million people from Africa, mainly to the Americas. Only∼ 11 million …

Background Genetic studies of the Arabian Peninsula are scarce even though the region
was the center of ancient trade routes and empires and may have been the southern …

Mitochondrial sequences were retrieved from museum specimens of the enigmatic
Andaman Islanders to analyze their evolutionary history. D-loop and protein-coding data …

Human population movements in North Africa have been mostly restricted to an east‐west
direction due to the geographical barriers imposed by the Sahara Desert and the …