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 …

Southern Africa is consistently placed as a potential region for the evolution of Homo sapiens.
We present genome sequences, up to 13x coverage, from seven ancient individuals from …

Scandinavia was one of the last geographic areas in Europe to become habitable for humans
after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, the routes and genetic composition of …

Arctic populations live in an environment characterized by extreme cold and the absence of
plant foods for much of the year and are likely to have undergone genetic adaptations to …

Island Southeast Asia has recently produced several surprises regarding human history, but
the region’s complex demography remains poorly understood. Here, we report ∼2.3 million …

The southern African indigenous Khoe-San populations harbor the most divergent lineages
of all living peoples. Exploring their genomes is key to understanding deep human history. …

Multiple lines of evidence show that modern humans interbred with archaic Denisovans.
Here, we report an account of shared demographic history between Australasians and …

Among the deepest-rooting clades in the human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) phylogeny
are the haplogroups defined as L0d and L0k, which are found primarily in southern Africa. …

The history of human populations in Africa is complex and includes various demographic
events that influenced patterns of genetic variation across the continent. Through genetic …

Abstract Analysis of microbial data from archaeological samples is a growing field with great
potential for understanding ancient environments, lifestyles, and diseases. However, high …