Schuenemann et al. 1 seemingly suggest, based largely on the results of an ancient DNA
study of later period remains from northern Egypt, that the 'ancient Egyptians'(AE) as an …

“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 Comoros Islands are situated off the coast of East Africa, at the northern
entrance of the channel of Mozambique. Contemporary Comoros society displays linguistic …

South Asia has been a major corridor for the geographic dispersal of modern human from
out-of-Africa to other regions of the world. Genomic markers have provided key information …

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 …

Ascertaining the genetic relationships between Austronesian populations is paramount to
understanding their dispersal throughout the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The …

There is general agreement among scientists about a recent (less than 200,000 yrs ago)
African origin of anatomically modern humans, whereas there is still uncertainty about …

The genomic variability of Southern African groups is characterized by an exceptional
degree of diversity, which is the result of long-term local evolutionary history, migrations and …

A leading theory for the origin of modern humans, the 'recent African origin'(RAO) model [1],
postulates that the ancestors of all modern humans originated in East Africa and that, around …

Indonesia, an island nation linking mainland Asia with the Pacific world, hosts a wide range
of linguistic, ethnic and genetic diversity. Despite the complexity of this cultural environment …