It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped
primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50–100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a …

High-coverage whole-genome sequence studies have so far focused on a limited number 1
of geographically restricted populations 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , or been targeted at specific diseases, …

Storytelling is a human universal. From gathering around the camp-fire telling tales of
ancestors to watching the latest television box-set, humans are inveterate producers and …

The social organization of mobile hunter-gatherers has several derived features, including
low within-camp relatedness and fluid meta-groups. Although these features have been …

Explanations for the evolution of human pygmies continue to be a matter of controversy,
recently fuelled by the disagreements surrounding the interpretation of the fossil hominin Homo …

Do caregivers in non‐Western communities adapt their behaviors to the needs of infants?
This question reflects one of the most long‐standing debates on the universality versus culture…

Maladaptation to modern diets has been implicated in several chronic disorders. Given the
higher prevalence of disease such as dental caries and chronic gum diseases in …

Like many other mammalian and primate societies [1–4], humans are said to live in multilevel
social groups, with individuals situated in a series of hierarchically structured sub-groups [5…

To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the
greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality. We show that humans exhibit lower …

The Neolithic demographic transition remains a paradox, because it is associated with both
higher rates of population growth and increased morbidity and mortality rates. Here we …