When did humans colonize the Americas? From where did they come and what routes did
they take? These questions have gripped scientists for decades, but until recently answers …

INTRODUCTION The consensus view on the peopling of the Americas is that ancestors of
modern Native Americans entered the Americas from Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge …

The exact timing, route, and process of the initial peopling of the Americas remains uncertain
despite much research. Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of humans as far as …

Human mitochondrial DNA is widely used as tool in many fields including evolutionary
anthropology and population history, medical genetics, genetic genealogy, and forensic …

For societies with writing systems, hereditary leadership is documented as one of the
hallmarks of early political complexity and governance. In contrast, it is unknown whether …

The archaeological documentation of the development of sedentary farming societies in
Anatolia is not yet mirrored by a genetic understanding of the human populations involved …

The Turkic peoples represent a diverse collection of ethnic groups defined by the Turkic
languages. These groups have dispersed across a vast area, including Siberia, Northwest …

Background It is widely accepted that the ancestors of Native Americans arrived in the New
World via Beringia approximately 10 to 30 thousand years ago (kya). However, the arrival …

Only a limited number of complete mitochondrial genome sequences belonging to Native
American haplogroups were available until recently, which left America as the continent with …

Tibetans live on the highest plateau in the world, their current population size is
approximately 5 million, and most of them live at an altitude exceeding 3,500 m. Therefore …