Scientists have identified a gene that appears to have evolved rapidly in people and contributed to the emergence of the uniquely human brain. Rather than coding for a protein, as about half of known ...

The migration routes and genetic makeup of the first Scandinavians have, however, previously been elusive. By sequencing the genomes of 7 hunter-gatherers excavated across Scandinavia and dated to be ...

A new analysis of lice genetic diversity suggests that lice came to the Americas twice – once during the first wave of human migration across the Bering Strait, and again during European colonization.

In two studies, researchers demonstrate how climate modeling approaches can fill gaps in our understanding of hominin evolution and migration. Over the last several decades, research efforts into the ...

The process of migration of people from Siberia to South America involved an history of large climate changes and likely many population bottlenecks. Those factors are more important than time in ...