We sequenced the genomes of a ∼7,000-year-old farmer from Germany and eight ∼8,000-year-old
hunter-gatherers from Luxembourg and Sweden. We analysed these and other …

A SNP in the gene encoding lactase (LCT) (C/T-13910) is associated with the ability to
digest milk as adults (lactase persistence) in Europeans, but the genetic basis of lactase …

Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of
relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 …

… The derived rs56203814 (T) and rs10424065 (T) alleles associated with dark pigmentation
are present only in African populations (or those of recent African descent) and are most …

To reconstruct modern human evolutionary history and identify loci that have shaped hunter-gatherer
adaptation, we sequenced the whole genomes of five individuals in each of three …

Little is known about the history of click-speaking populations in Africa. Prior genetic studies
revealed that the click-speaking Hadza of eastern Africa are as distantly related to click …

… Further, we noted that the Mozabite from Algeria had the T-13910 and A-22018 variants on
the same haplotype background as did the Palestinians from the Middle East (Figures 2, 3, …

We conduct high coverage (>30×) whole-genome sequencing of 180 individuals from 12
indigenous African populations. We identify millions of unreported variants, many predicted to …

The 17q21.31 inversion polymorphism exists either as direct (H1) or inverted (H2) haplotypes
with differential predispositions to disease and selection. We investigated its genetic …

… East Africans also have such ancestry likely related to expansions of farmers and herders
from the Near East) and is consistent with the presence at moderate frequency of the −13,910T …