In this review, the potential causes and consequences of adult height, a measure of
cumulative net nutrition, in modern populations are summarized. The mechanisms linking …

The spread of modern humans across the globe has led to genetic adaptations to diverse
local environments. Recent developments in genomic technologies, statistical analyses, and …

INTRODUCTION Variation in pigmentation among human populations may reflect local
adaptation to regional light environments, because dark skin is more photoprotective …

There has long been interest in understanding the genetic basis of human adaptation. To
what extent are phenotypic differences among human populations driven by natural …

Researchers from diverse backgrounds are converging on the view that human evolution
has been shaped by gene–culture interactions. Theoretical biologists have used population …

There has been recent progress in identifying selective sweeps underlying a range of
adaptations. Jonathan Pritchard and Anna Di Rienzo argue that many adaptive events in …

The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Human height is a highly variable trait, both within and between populations, has a high
heritability, and influences the manner in which people behave and are treated in society …

To reconstruct modern human evolutionary history and identify loci that have shaped hunter-
gatherer adaptation, we sequenced the whole genomes of five individuals in each of three …

The life history of Homo sapiens is characterized by a lengthy period of juvenile
dependence that requires extensive allocare, short interbirth intervals with concomitantly …