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 …

Understanding the forces that influence natural variation within and among populations has
been a major objective of evolutionary biologists for decades. Motivated by the growth in …

Here we report the Simons Genome Diversity Project data set: high quality genomes from
300 individuals from 142 diverse populations. These genomes include at least 5.8 million …

In the past 10years a statistical technique, approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), has
been developed that can be used to infer parameters and choose between models in the …

Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of
relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 …

Long-range migrations and the resulting admixtures between populations have been
important forces sha** human genetic diversity. Most existing methods for detecting and …

Genetic and paleoanthropological evidence is in accord that today's human population is
the result of a great demic (demographic and geographic) expansion that began …

Detailed knowledge about the geographical pathways followed by propagules from their
source to the invading populations—referred to here as routes of invasion—provides …

Africa is inferred to be the continent of origin for all modern human populations, but the
details of human prehistory and evolution in Africa remain largely obscure owing to the …

Many decades of skepticism have prevented the field of musicology from embracing the
importance of musical universals. When universals have been discussed, it has generally …