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 …

The emerging picture of prehistoric Arabia suggests that early modern humans were able to
survive periodic hyperarid oscillations by contracting into environmental refugia around the …

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

North Africa is a key region for understanding human history, but the genetic history of its
people is largely unknown. We present genomic data from seven 15,000-year-old modern …

The dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa is a significant topic in human evolutionary
studies. Most investigators agree that our species arose in Africa and subsequently spread …

Genetic studies have identified substantial non-African admixture in the Horn of Africa
(HOA). In the most recent genomic studies, this non-African ancestry has been attributed to …

Recent genetic studies based on the distribution of mtDNA of haplogroup U6 have led to
subtly different theories regarding the arrival of modern human populations in North Africa …

Background Two potential migratory routes followed by modern humans to colonize Eurasia
from Africa have been proposed. These are the two natural passageways that connect both …

Background Human origins and migration models proposing the Horn of Africa as a
prehistoric exit route to Asia have stimulated molecular genetic studies in the region using …

Abstract Background Complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome analyses have greatly
improved the phylogeny and phylogeography of human mtDNA. Human mitochondrial DNA …