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 …

The predominantly African origin of all modern human populations is well established, but
the route taken out of Africa is still unclear. Two alternative routes, via Egypt and Sinai or …

The out-of-Africa model of anatomically modern human evolution posits an African origin
100,000–200,000 years ago, followed by subsequent dispersal (s) to Eurasia and other …

The developing deep time story of Polynesian genetic history has been presented by one of
the present authors in Chambers (2006, 2008) and later phases described in detail by …

Genetic and fossil evidence has accumulated in support of an African origin for modern
humans. Despite this consensus, several questions remain with regard to the mode and …

Southeast Asia (SEA) has one of the longest records of modern human habitation out-of-
Africa. Located at the crossroad of the mainland and islands of SEA, Peninsular Malaysia is …

In the last three decades, genetics played an increasingly important role in the inference of
human history. Genetic studies provided conclusive information that helped to answer …

At the dawn of the second millennium, the expansion of the Indian Ocean trading network
aligned with the emergence of an outward-oriented community along the East African coast …

Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphisms have been used for
population studies for a long time. However, there is another possibility to define the origin of …

This paper aims to review the contribution of genetic data to the prehistory and history of sub‐
Saharan African peoples. The authors review briefly paleontologic data, which give limited …