New finds in the palaeoanthropological and genomic records have changed our view of the
origins of modern human ancestry. Here we review our current understanding of how the …

BACKGROUND The earliest fossils of Homo sapiens are located in Africa and dated to the
late Middle Pleistocene. At some point later, modern humans dispersed into Asia and …

Genomic analyses of Neanderthals have previously provided insights into their population
history and relationship to modern humans,,,,,,–, but the social organization of Neanderthal …

The past few years have witnessed a revolution in our ability to obtain DNA from ancient
humans. This important new data has added to our knowledge from archaeology and …

A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-
specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language. Language …

Neandertals, the closest evolutionary relatives of present-day humans, lived in large parts of
Europe and western Asia before disappearing 30,000 years ago. We present a draft …

Using DNA extracted from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, we
have sequenced the genome of an archaic hominin to about 1.9-fold coverage. This …

Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of
the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the …

One of the main impediments for obtaining DNA sequences from ancient human skeletons is
the presence of contaminating modern human DNA molecules in many fossil samples and …

With the exception of Neanderthals, from which DNA sequences of numerous individuals
have now been determined, the number and genetic relationships of other hominin lineages …