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 …

As modern and ancient DNA sequence data from diverse human populations accumulate,
evidence is increasing in support of the existence of beneficial variants acquired from …

We present a high-quality genome sequence of a Neanderthal woman from Siberia. We
show that her parents were related at the level of half-siblings and that mating among close …

Several methods have been proposed to test for introgression across genomes. One method
tests for a genome-wide excess of shared derived alleles between taxa using Patterson's D …

Anatomically modern humans overlapped and mated with Neandertals such that non-
African humans inherit~ 1 to 3% of their genomes from Neandertal ancestors. We identified …

Our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, have a complex demographic
history. We analyzed the high-coverage whole genomes of 75 wild-born chimpanzees and …

The origin and evolution of the domestic dog remains a controversial question for the
scientific community, with basic aspects such as the place and date of origin, and the …

Although Neandertal sequences that persist in the genomes of modern humans have been
identified in Eurasians, comparable studies in people whose ancestors hybridized with both …

Comparisons of DNA sequences between Neandertals and present-day humans have
shown that Neandertals share more genetic variants with non-Africans than with Africans …

Genomic studies in African populations provide unique opportunities to understand disease
etiology, human diversity, and population history. In the largest study of its kind, comprising …