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 …

Paleoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins, is a rapidly growing field at the intersection of
molecular biology, paleontology, archaeology, paleoecology, and history. Paleoproteomics …

More than two hundred papers have reported genome-wide data from ancient humans.
While the raw data for the vast majority are fully publicly available testifying to the …

Increasing rates of autoimmune and inflammatory disease present a burgeoning threat to
human health. This is compounded by the limited efficacy of available treatments and high …

Genomic analyses of Neanderthals have previously provided insights into their population
history and relationship to modern humans,,,,,,–, but the social organization of Neanderthal …

It has long been believed that climate shifts during the last 2 million years had a pivotal role
in the evolution of our genus Homo,–. However, given the limited number of representative …

INTRODUCTION The study of hominin history has progressed through both archaeological
and genetic insights. Although DNA sequencing from hominin skeletal remains allows the …

We sequenced the genome of a Neandertal from Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains,
Russia, to 27-fold genomic coverage. We show that this Neandertal was a female and that …

Abstract Denisova Cave in southern Siberia is the type locality of the Denisovans, an archaic
hominin group who were related to Neanderthals,,–. The dozen hominin remains recovered …

A combination of evidence, based on genetic, fossil and archaeological findings, indicates
that Homo sapiens spread out of Africa between~ 70-60 thousand years ago (kya) …