The emerging picture of prehistoric Arabia suggests that early modern humans were able to
survive periodic hyperarid oscillations by contracting into environmental refugia around the …

During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus
influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the …

The timing of the dispersal of anatomically modern humans (AMH) out of Africa is a
fundamental question in human evolutionary studies. Existing data suggest a rapid coastal …

Baboons (genus Papio) are a morphologically and behaviorally diverse clade of catarrhine
monkeys that have experienced hybridization between phenotypically and genetically …

Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. When scientists study
chimpanzee cognition, for example, they compare chimp performance on cognitive tasks to …

Background Baboons of the genus Papio are distributed over wide ranges of Africa and
even colonized parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Traditionally, five phenotypically distinct …

The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer,
and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding …

Baboons (genus Papio) are an interesting phylogeographical primate model for the
evolution of savanna species during the Pleistocene. Earlier studies, based on partial …

The timing of early life‐history events, such as sexual maturation and first reproduction, can
greatly influence variation in individual fitness. In this study, we analysed possible sources of …

Previous scientific consensus saw human evolution as defined by adaptive differences
(behavioural and/or biological) and the emergence of Homo sapiens as the ultimate …