New quantitative methods are applied to the 135 human mitochondrial sequences from the
Vigilant et al. data set. General problems in analyzing large numbers of short sequences are …

Abstract The Out of Africa hypothesis (OOAH) has been a mainstay in the discussion of
human evolution since its presentation in the 1980's. However, recent advances in …

The Antemoro are an ethnic group from the southeast coast of Madagascar who claims an
Arab origin. Cultural signatures of an Arabo‐Islamic influence have been found in this …

Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of
relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 …

Modern Human Origins Page 1 Modern Human Origins Under Close Scrutiny A wealth offossil
andgenetic evidence is being interpreted to imply a recentAfrican originfor modern humans, a …

INTRODUCTION becoming possible now as the number of known postcranial hominin
fossils has swelled. Arsuaga reviews these recent fossil-based discoveries about anatomical …

Present–day Pacific islanders are thought to be the descendants of Neolithic agriculturalists
who expanded from island South–east Asia several thousand years ago. They speak …

“Anthropological genetics is a synthetic discipline that applies the methods and theories of
genetics to evolutionary questions posed by anthropologists”(Crawford 2007a, p. 1). These …

Abstract The Hadza and Sandawe populations in present-day Tanzania speak languages
containing click sounds and therefore thought to be distantly related to southern African …

Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of
relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 …