Human use of land has been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia. From hunting and
foraging to burning the land to farming to industrial agriculture, increasingly intensive human …

Recent advancements in DNA sequencing technologies and laboratory preparation
protocols have rapidly expanded the scope of ancient DNA research over the past decade …

More than two hundred papers have reported genome-wide data from ancient humans.
While the raw data for the vast majority are fully publicly available testifying to the …

We conduct high coverage (> 30×) whole-genome sequencing of 180 individuals from 12
indigenous African populations. We identify millions of unreported variants, many predicted …

Multiple lines of genetic and archaeological evidence suggest that there were major
demographic changes in the terminal Late Pleistocene epoch and early Holocene epoch of …

The sequencing of modern and ancient genomes from around the world has revolutionized
our understanding of human history and evolution. However, the problem of how best to …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Ancient DNA (aDNA) has added a wealth of information about our species' history, including
insights on genetic origins, migrations and gene flow, genetic admixture, and health and …

The Yamnaya archaeological complex appeared around 3300 bc across the steppes north
of the Black and Caspian Seas, and by 3000 bc it reached its maximal extent, ranging from …

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire was a socio-political process with enormous
ramifications for human history. The Middle Danube was a crucial frontier and a crossroads …