Density-dependent processes play a key role in the spatial structuring of biodiversity.
Specifically, interrelated demographic processes, such as gene surfing, high-density …

The causes, anatomy and consequences of the early Holocene sea level rise (EHSLR) are
reviewed. The rise, of ca 60m, took place over most of the Earth as the volume of the oceans …

Human mitochondrial DNA is widely used as tool in many fields including evolutionary
anthropology and population history, medical genetics, genetic genealogy, and forensic …

Debates about human prehistory often center on the role that population expansions play in
sha** biological and cultural diversity. Hypotheses on the origin of the Austronesian …

There is currently no calibration available for the whole human mtDNA genome,
incorporating both coding and control regions. Furthermore, as several authors have pointed …

The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Although fossil remains show that anatomically modern humans dispersed out of Africa into
the Near East∼ 100 to 130 ka, genetic evidence from extant populations has suggested that …

Island Southeast Asia has recently produced several surprises regarding human history, but
the region's complex demography remains poorly understood. Here, we report∼ 2.3 million …

Tibetans live on the highest plateau in the world, their current population size is
approximately 5 million, and most of them live at an altitude exceeding 3,500 m. Therefore …

Due to its numerous environmental extremes, the Tibetan Plateau—the world's highest
plateau—is one of the most challenging areas of modern human settlement. Archaeological …