Background Until recently, the evolution of the genus Homo has been interpreted in the
context of the onset of African aridity and the expansion of open grasslands. Homo erectus …

Our view of H. erectus is vastly different today than when Pithecanthropus erectus was
described in 1894. Since its synonimization into Homo, views of the species and its …

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 …

Sexual and asexual reproduction are found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms.
Asexual reproduction has its advantages, chief among which is that it does not require the …

The origin of anatomically modern Homo sapiens and the fate of Neanderthals have been
fundamental questions in human evolutionary studies for over a century1–4. A key barrier to …

Human Evolutionary Genetics is a groundbreaking text which for the first time brings
together molecular genetics and genomics to the study of the origins and movements of …

The site of Dmanisi, Georgia, has yielded an impressive sample of hominid cranial and
postcranial remains, documenting the presence of Homo outside Africa around 1.8 million …

The role of African savannahs in the evolution of early hominins has been debated for nearly
a century. Resolution of this issue has been hindered by difficulty in quantifying the fraction …

Abstract The Plio-Pleistocene site of Dmanisi, Georgia, has yielded a rich fossil and
archaeological record documenting an early presence of the genus Homo outside Africa …

The early Pleistocene colonization of temperate Eurasia by Homo erectus was not only a
significant biogeographic event but also a major evolutionary threshold. Dmanisi's rich …