The deep evolutionary history of African populations, since the emergence of modern
humans more than 300,000 years ago, has resulted in high genetic diversity and …

MtDNA has been a widely used tool in human evolutionary and population genetic studies
over the past three decades. Its maternal inheritance and lack of recombination have offered …

Anatomically modern humans originated in Africa around 200 thousand years ago (ka),,–.
Although some of the oldest skeletal remains suggest an eastern African origin, southern …

Securely dated archaeological sites from key regions and periods are critical for
understanding early modern human adaptive responses to past environmental change …

Comprehensive review of archaeological data shows that Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New
Guinea) was first occupied by humans ca. 47 ka (47,000 years ago); evidence for earlier …

Unraveling the first migrations of anatomically modern humans out of Africa has invoked
great interest among researchers from a wide range of disciplines. Available fossil …

Africa was the birth-place of Homo sapiens and has the earliest evidence for symbolic
behaviour and complex technologies. The best-attested early flowering of these distinctive …

Background: Climate change is not only increasing ambient temperature but also
accelerating the frequency, duration and intensity of extreme weather and climate events …

Although situated∼ 400 km from the east coast of Africa, Madagascar exhibits cultural,
linguistic, and genetic traits from both Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa. The settlement …

Abstract Although the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of southern Africa, associated with major
cultural innovation including aspects of symbolic behavior and the development of complex …