The roles of migration, admixture and acculturation in the European transition to farming
have been debated for over 100 years. Genome-wide ancient DNA studies indicate …

From around 2750 to 2500 bc, Bell Beaker pottery became widespread across western and
central Europe, before it disappeared between 2200 and 1800 bc. The forces that propelled …

Rab proteins are small GTPases that act as essential regulators of vesicular trafficking. 44
subfamilies are known in humans, performing specific sets of functions at distinct subcellular …

In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase
persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenic trait to have evolved over the past …

The precise genetic origins of the first Neolithic farming populations in Europe and Southwest
Asia, as well as the processes and the timing of their differentiation, remain largely …

Precise estimation of age is essential in evolutionary anthropology, especially to infer population
age structures and understand the evolution of human life history diversity. However, in …

Lactase persistence (LP), the continued expression of lactase into adulthood, is the most
strongly selected single gene trait over the last 10,000 years in multiple human populations. It …

Farming and sedentism first appeared in southwestern Asia during the early Holocene and
later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes. …

We sequenced Early Neolithic genomes from the Zagros region of Iran (eastern Fertile
Crescent), where some of the earliest evidence for farming is found, and identify a previously …

Cells compartmentalize their biochemical functions in a variety of ways, notably by creating
physical barriers that separate a compartment via membranes or proteins. Eukaryotes have a …