The fundamental shift associated with the domestication of plants and animals allowed for a
dramatic increase in human population sizes and the emergence of modern society. Despite …

Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) studies have entered a new phase since the
blossoming of complete genome analyses. Sequencing complete mtDNAs is more …

Ancient DNA studies have established that Neolithic European populations were descended
from Anatolian migrants,,,,,,, who received a limited amount of admixture from resident …

Long-range migrations and the resulting admixtures between populations have been
important forces shaping human genetic diversity. Most existing methods for detecting and …

There can be no doubt that Peter Bellwood's First Farmers is a major new statement which
presents a robustly expressed solution to one of those classic problems which provides a …

Niche construction is the process by which organisms construct important components of
their local environment in ways that introduce novel selection pressures. Lactase …

In Europe, the Neolithic transition (8,000–4,000 bc) from hunting and gathering to
agricultural communities was one of the most important demographic events since the initial …

The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in
common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years. Scientists have long …

Many species, including humans, have dramatically expanded their range in the past, and
such range expansions had certainly an impact on their genetic diversity. For example …