We challenge the view that our species, Homo sapiens, evolved within a single population
and/or region of Africa. The chronology and physical diversity of Pleistocene human fossils …

The genetic basis for the emergence of creativity in modern humans remains a mystery
despite sequencing the genomes of chimpanzees and Neanderthals, our closest hominid …

To investigate the role of vegetation and ecosystem diversity on hominin adaptation and
migration, we identify past human habitat preferences over time using a transient 3-million …

This article explains the assessment and conceptual framing of the Vulnerability Synthesis in
the Africa chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 6th …

Whilst an African origin of modern humans is well established, the timings and routes of their
expansions into Eurasia are the subject of heated debate, due to the scarcity of fossils and …

The genus Homo evolved during the Pleistocene—an epoch of gradual cooling and
amplification of glacial cycles. The changing climates influenced early human survival …

Recent decades have seen the rapid expansion of scholarship that identifies societal
responses to past climatic fluctuations. This fast-changing scholarship, which was recently …

Studies of early human settlement in alpine environments provide insights into human
physiological, genetic, and cultural adaptation potentials. Although Late and even Middle …

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 …

Although modern humans left Africa multiple times over 100,000 years ago, those broadly
ancestral to non-Africans dispersed less than 100,000 years ago. Most models hold that …