A new timescale has recently been established for human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
lineages, making mtDNA at present the most informative genetic marker system for studying …

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

Progress in the mapping of population genetic substructure provides a core source of data
for the reconstruction of the demographic history of our species and for the discovery of …

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 …

The relative importance of the roles of adaptation and chance in determining genetic
diversity and evolution has received attention in the last 50 years, but our understanding is …

The aim of this anthropometric survey, conducted between 2015 and 2016 in Bosnia and
Herzegovina (BiH), was to map local geographical differences in male stature and some …

Detailed population data were obtained on the distribution of novel biallelic markers that
finely dissect the human Y-chromosome haplogroup E-M78. Among 6,501 Y chromosomes …

The Phoenicians were the dominant traders in the Mediterranean Sea two thousand to three
thousand years ago and expanded from their homeland in the Levant to establish colonies …

The aim of this review is to summarize the existing data collected in high-resolution
phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome variation in mainland and …

The earliest Neolithic sites of Europe are located in Crete and mainland Greece. A debate
persists concerning whether these farmers originated in neighboring Anatolia and the role of …