INTRODUCTION The consensus view on the peopling of the Americas is that ancestors of
modern Native Americans entered the Americas from Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge and …

We present an Aboriginal Australian genomic sequence obtained from a 100-year-old lock
of hair donated by an Aboriginal man from southern Western Australia in the early 20th …

Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

Analysing population genomic data from killer whale ecotypes, which we estimate have
globally radiated within less than 250,000 years, we show that genetic structuring including the …

The origin of maize (Zea mays mays) in the US Southwest remains contentious, with conflicting
archaeological data supporting either coastal 1–4 or highland 5, 6 routes of diffusion of …

The extent to which prehistoric migrations of farmers influenced the genetic pool of western
North Africans remains unclear. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Neolithization …

The past decade has witnessed a revolution in ancient DNA (aDNA) research. Although the
field's focus was previously limited to mitochondrial DNA and a few nuclear markers, whole …

Between 1500 and 1850, more than 12 million enslaved Africans were transported to the
New World. The vast majority were shipped from West and West-Central Africa, but their …

The development of second-generation sequencing technologies has greatly benefitted the
field of ancient DNA (aDNA). Its application can be further exploited by the use of targeted …

Polynesia was settled in a series of extraordinary voyages across an ocean spanning one
third of the Earth 1 , but the sequences of islands settled remain unknown and their timings …