Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans overlapped geographically for a period of
over 30,000 years following human migration out of Africa. During this period, Neanderthals …

Starch consumption is a prominent characteristic of agricultural societies and hunter-gatherers
in arid environments. In contrast, rainforest and circum-arctic hunter-gatherers and some …

Snail shells represent an abundant source of information about the organisms that build
them, which is particularly vital and relevant for species that are locally or globally extinct. …

Sweat bees have repeatedly gained and lost eusociality, a transition from individual to group
reproduction. Here we generate chromosome-length genome assemblies for 17 species …

The ethics of the scientific study of Ancestors has long been debated by archaeologists,
bioanthropologists, and, more recently, ancient DNA (aDNA) researchers. This article responds …

Aridoamerica and Mesoamerica are two distinct cultural areas in northern and central Mexico,
respectively, that hosted numerous pre-Hispanic civilizations between 2500 BCE and …

The apportionment of human genetic diversity within and between populations has been
measured to understand human relatedness and demographic history. Likewise, the …

The archaic ancestry present in the human genome has captured the imagination of both
scientists and the wider public in recent years. This excitement is the result of new studies …

In this study, we explore the geographic and temporal distribution of a unique variant of the
O blood group allele called O1v G542A , which has been shown to be shared among Native …

The ABO locus in humans is characterized by elevated heterozygosity and very similar
allele frequencies among populations scattered across the globe. Using knowledge of ABO …