Anatomically modern humans originated in Africa around 200 thousand years ago (ka),,–.
Although some of the oldest skeletal remains suggest an eastern African origin, southern …

Indian populations are classified into various caste, tribe and religious groups, which
altogether makes them very unique compared to rest of the world. The long-term firm socio …

India is known for its vast human diversity, consisting of more than four and a half thousand
anthropologically well-defined populations. Each population differs in terms of language …

The emergence of more refined chronologies for climate change and archaeology in
prehistoric Africa, and for the evolution of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), now make it …

Background India is a patchwork of tribal and non-tribal populations that speak many
different languages from various language families. Indo-European, spoken across northern …

Milk consumption and lactose digestion after weaning are exclusively human traits made
possible by the continued production of the enzyme lactase in adulthood. Multiple …

Y-chromosomal haplogroup G1 is a minor component of the overall gene pool of South-
West and Central Asia but reaches up to 80% frequency in some populations scattered …

The Philippines is a strategic point in the Asia-Pacific region for the study of human diversity,
history and origins, as it is a cross-road for human migrations and consequently exhibits …

To date, two maternal-effect genes have been shown to have causative roles in recurrent
hydatidiform moles (RHMs); NLRP7 that is mutated in 48–60% of patients with RHMs and …

There is a long-going debate on the genetic origin of Chinese Muslim populations, such as
Uygur, Dongxiang, and Hui. However, genetic information for those Muslim populations …