Agricultural intensification at field and landscape scales, including increased use of
agrochemicals and loss of semi‐natural habitats, is a major driver of insect declines and …

Island Southeast Asia has recently produced several surprises regarding human history, but
the region's complex demography remains poorly understood. Here, we report∼ 2.3 million …

Multiple lines of evidence show that modern humans interbred with archaic Denisovans.
Here, we report an account of shared demographic history between Australasians and …

Africa is the continent with the greatest genetic diversity among humans and the level of
diversity is further enhanced by incorporating non-majority groups, which are often …

Several African mammals exhibit a phylogeographic pattern where closely related taxa are
split between West/Central and East/Southern Africa, but their evolutionary relationships and …

African wild pigs have a contentious evolutionary and biogeographic history. Until recently,
desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) and common warthog (P. africanus) were …

Strong genetic structure has prompted discussion regarding giraffe taxonomy, 1, 2, 3
including a suggestion to split the giraffe into four species: Northern (Giraffa c …

The iconic Cape buffalo has experienced several documented population declines in recent
history. These declines have been largely attributed to the late 19th century rinderpest …

Dupuytren's disease is characterized by fingers becoming permanently bent in a flexed
position. Whereas people of African ancestry are rarely afflicted by Dupuytren's disease, up …

Xiao et al.(1) have added to the growing body of evidence that cultivated grapes have
received genes from wild populations (2, 3). Their conclusion on the adaptive and …