Modern humans are an anomaly in evolution, and the final key features occurred late in
human evolution. Ultimate explanations for this evolutionary trajectory are best attained …

Unraveling the first migrations of anatomically modern humans out of Africa has invoked
great interest among researchers from a wide range of disciplines. Available fossil …

We conduct high coverage (> 30×) whole-genome sequencing of 180 individuals from 12
indigenous African populations. We identify millions of unreported variants, many predicted …

Southern Africa is consistently placed as a potential region for the evolution of Homo
sapiens. We present genome sequences, up to 13x coverage, from seven ancient …

Abstract The southern African indigenous Khoe-San populations harbor the most divergent
lineages of all living peoples. Exploring their genomes is key to understanding deep human …

Reconstructing species' demographic histories is a central focus of molecular ecology and
evolution. Recently, an expanding suite of methods leveraging either the sequentially …

Background Africa is the origin of modern humans within the past 300 thousand years. To
infer the complex demographic history of African populations and adaptation to diverse …

Over the last two decades, red ochre has played a pivotal role in discussions about the
cognitive and cultural evolution of early modern humans during the African Middle Stone …

Abstract The Southern African Human Genome Programme is a national initiative that
aspires to unlock the unique genetic character of southern African populations for a better …

Abstract The North African Middle Stone Age (NAMSA,∼ 300‐24 thousand years ago, or ka)
features what may be the oldest fossils of our species as well as extremely early examples of …