Dogs were the first domestic animal, but little is known about their population history and to
what extent it was linked to humans. We sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that …

The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was the first species to give rise to a domestic population, and
they remained widespread throughout the last Ice Age when many other large mammal …

Zooarcheological evidence suggests that pigs were domesticated in Southwest Asia ∼8,500
BC. They then spread across the Middle and Near East and westward into Europe …

The human colonization of Remote Oceania remains one of the great feats of exploration in
history, proceeding east from Asia across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Human …

The Egyptian state was formed prior to the existence of verifiable historical records. Conventional
dates for its formation are based on the relative ordering of artefacts. This approach is …

Archaeological evidence indicates that pig domestication had begun by ∼10,500 y before
the present (BP) in the Near East, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that pigs arrived …

Paleogenomic and archaeological studies show that Neolithic lifeways spread from the
Fertile Crescent into Europe around 9000 BCE, reaching northwestern Europe by 4000 BCE. …

Modern domestic plants and animals are subject to human-driven selection for desired
phenotypic traits and behavior. Large-scale genetic studies of modern domestic populations and …

The origins and genetic affinity of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands, commonly
known as Guanches, are poorly understood. Though radiocarbon dates on archaeological …

Mesolithic populations throughout Europe used diverse resource exploitation strategies that
focused heavily on collecting and hunting wild prey. Between 5500 and 4200 cal BC, …