The African continent is regarded as the cradle of modern humans and African genomes
contain more genetic variation than those from any other continent, yet only a fraction of the …

… Laura R Botigué , Laura R Botigué … Statistical analysis of sequence recovery was
conducted in R (Version 3.4.2, R Core Development Team, 2017). Sequence reads have been …

North African populations are distinct from sub-Saharan Africans based on cultural, linguistic,
and phenotypic attributes; however, the time and the extent of genetic divergence between …

Europe has played a major role in dog evolution, harbouring the oldest uncontested Palaeolithic
remains and having been the centre of modern dog breed creation. Here we sequence …

Next-generation sequencing technology has facilitated the discovery of millions of genetic
variants in human genomes. A sizeable fraction of these variants are predicted to be …

The Out-of-Africa (OOA) dispersal ∼50,000 y ago is characterized by a series of founder
events as modern humans expanded into multiple continents. Population genetics theory …

… Laura R Botigué , Laura R Botigué … (option -m GTR+F+R). The use of a single model
without testing many models of evolution was a pragmatic choice, following Abadi et al. (2019). …

Human genetic diversity in southern Europe is higher than in other regions of the continent.
This difference has been attributed to postglacial expansions, the demic diffusion of …

The Levant is a region in the Near East with an impressive record of continuous human
existence and major cultural developments since the Paleolithic period. Genetic and …

One of the main findings derived from the analysis of the Neandertal genome was the
evidence for admixture between Neandertals and non-African modern humans. An alternative …