Well-resolved molecular gene trees illustrate the concept of descent with modification and
exhibit the opposing processes of drift and migration, both of which influence population …

In the last decade, advances in human population genetics and comparative genomics have
resulted in important contributions to our understanding of human genetic diversity and …

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 …

North African populations are distinct from sub-Saharan Africans based on cultural,
linguistic, and phenotypic attributes; however, the time and the extent of genetic divergence …

The invention of agriculture is widely assumed to have driven recent human population
growth. However, direct genetic evidence for population growth after independent …

In humans, the ability to digest lactose, the sugar in milk, declines after weaning because of
decreasing levels of the enzyme lactase-phlorizin hydrolase, encoded by LCT. However …

We analyzed 40 single nucleotide polymorphism and 19 short tandem repeat Y-
chromosomal markers in a large sample of 1,525 indigenous individuals from 14 …

The relative contributions to modern European populations of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers
and Neolithic farmers from the Near East have been intensely debated. Haplogroup R1b1b2 …

Most studies of European genetic diversity have focused on large-scale variation and
interpretations based on events in prehistory, but migrations and invasions in historical times …

The debate concerning the mechanisms underlying the prehistoric spread of farming to
Southeast Europe is framed around the opposing roles of population movement and cultural …