In humans the ability to digest milk lactose is conferred by a β-galactosidase enzyme called
lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH). While in some humans (approximately two-thirds of …

We extend the scope of European palaeogenomics by sequencing the genomes of Late
Upper Palaeolithic (13,300 years old, 1.4-fold coverage) and Mesolithic (9,700 years old …

The indigenous people of Greenland, the Inuit, have lived for a long time in the extreme
conditions of the Arctic, including low annual temperatures, and with a specialized diet rich …

The Neolithic and Bronze Age transitions were profound cultural shifts catalyzed in parts of
Europe by migrations, first of early farmers from the Near East and then Bronze Age herders …

The purpose of this study is to explore the main correlates of male height in 105 countries in
Europe & overseas, Asia, North Africa and Oceania. Actual data on male height are …

The global obesity epidemic is the subject of an immense, diversely specialized research
effort. An evolutionary analysis reveals connections among disparate findings, starting with …

Agricultural landscapes (rural landscapes, agrolandscapes) are territories shaped by
agricultural production. They have enabled the development of human civilizations and are …

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 …

We report sequencing-based whole-genome association analyses to evaluate the impact of
rare and founder variants on stature in 6,307 individuals on the island of Sardinia. We …

Researchers agree that domesticated plants were introduced into southeast Europe from
southwest Asia as a part of a Neolithic “package,” which included domesticated animals and …