Although an African origin of the modern human species is generally accepted, the
evolutionary processes involved in the speciation, geographical spread, and eventual …

Did climate change shape human evolution? This question has old, deep roots (,), but in
recent decades, the fossil record of hominin evolution and behavior has improved, although …

The replacement theory of modern human origins stipulates that populations outside of
Africa were replaced by a new African species of modern humans. Here we test the …

Climatic change is widely acknowledged to have played a role in the dispersal of modern
humans out of Africa, but the timing is contentious. Genetic evidence links dispersal to …

The past half century has seen a move from a multiregionalist view of human origins to
widespread acceptance that modern humans emerged in Africa. Here the authors argue that …

The hypothesis of a connection between the onset (or intensification) of Northern
Hemisphere Glaciation, the stepwise increase in African aridity (and climate variability), and …

Neanderthals and Modern Humans develops the theme of the close relationship between
climate change, ecological change and biogeographical patterns in humans during the …

The pattern of dispersal of biologically and behaviorally modern human populations from
their African origins to the rest of the occupied world between∼ 60,000 and 40,000 years …

Climate and biological evolution have interacted throughout Earth's history, together
creating many small and a few major transformations in the planet's atmosphere and biota …

The fate of the Neanderthal populations of Europe and western Asia has gripped the
popular and scientific imaginations for the past century. Following at least 200,000 years of …