High-throughput techniques based on restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RADseq)
are enabling the low-cost discovery and genotyping of thousands of genetic markers for any …

Investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) has emerged as a new, rapidly growing field of
forensic science. We describe the process whereby dense SNP data, commonly comprising …

Genomic analyses of Neanderthals have previously provided insights into their population
history and relationship to modern humans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, but the social organization of …

To date, the only Neandertal genome that has been sequenced to high quality is from an
individual found in Southern Siberia. We sequenced the genome of a female Neandertal …

A unique assemblage of 28 hominin individuals, found in Sima de los Huesos in the Sierra
de Atapuerca in Spain, has recently been dated to approximately 430,000 years ago. An …

Although a rich record of Pleistocene human-associated archaeological assemblages
exists, the scarcity of hominin fossils often impedes the understanding of which hominins …

We present a high-quality genome sequence of a Neanderthal woman from Siberia. We
show that her parents were related at the level of half-siblings and that mating among close …

We present a DNA library preparation method that has allowed us to reconstruct a high-
coverage (30×) genome sequence of a Denisovan, an extinct relative of Neandertals. The …

Virtually all empirical ecological studies require species identification during data collection.
DNA metabarcoding refers to the automated identification of multiple species from a single …

How modern humans dispersed into Eurasia and Australasia, including the number of
separate expansions and their timings, is highly debated [1, 2]. Two categories of models …