The shaping of human diversity: filters, boundaries and transitions

Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest a Single Major Dispersal of Non-Africans and a Late Glacial Population Turnover in Europe

(2016) Cosimo Posth et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Virtual ancestor reconstruction: Revealing the ancestor of modern humans and Neandertals

(2016) Aurélien Mounier et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Earliest evidence of personal ornaments associated with burial: The Conus shells from Border Cave

(2016) Francesco d'Errico et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Ancient gene flow from early modern humans into Eastern Neanderthals

(2016) Martin Kuhlwilm et al.   NATURE

Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya

(2016) M. Mirazón Lahr et al.   NATURE

Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 Years Ago

(2015) Simon Rasmussen et al.   CELL

The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): A site in northern Australia with early occupation

(2015) Chris Clarkson et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans

(2015) Israel Hershkovitz et al.   NATURE

Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

(2015) Wolfgang Haak et al.   NATURE

An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

(2015) Qiaomei Fu et al.   NATURE

Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia

(2015) Morten E. Allentoft et al.   NATURE

The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China

(2015) Wu Liu et al.   NATURE

Late Pleistocene age and archaeological context for the hominin calvaria from GvJm-22 (Lukenya Hill, Kenya)

(2015) Christian A. Tryon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stone tool assemblages and models for the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa

(2015) Huw S. Groucutt et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Human occupation of the Arabian Empty Quarter during MIS 5: evidence from Mundafan Al-Buhayrah, Saudi Arabia

(2015) Huw S. Groucutt et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

The modern human colonization of western Eurasia: when and where?

(2015) Jean-Jacques Hublin   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction

(2015) S. Benazzi et al.   SCIENCE

Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians

(2015) Eppie R. Jones et al.   Nature Communications

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

(2014) Iosif Lazaridis et al.   NATURE

The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans

(2014) Sriram Sankararaman et al.   NATURE

Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia

(2014) Qiaomei Fu et al.   NATURE

First Early Hominin from Central Africa (Ishango, Democratic Republic of Congo)

(2014) Isabelle Crevecoeur et al.   PLoS One

Early modern human settlement of Europe north of the Alps occurred 43,500 years ago in a cold steppe-type environment

(2014) Philip R. Nigst et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

East African climate pulses and early human evolution

(2014) Mark A. Maslin et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

(2014) M. Raghavan et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

(2014) A. Seguin-Orlando et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers

(2014) P. Skoglund et al.   SCIENCE

An African American Paternal Lineage Adds an Extremely Ancient Root to the Human Y Chromosome Phylogenetic Tree

(2013) Fernando L. Mendez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

A Revised Timescale for Human Evolution Based on Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes

(2013) Qiaomei Fu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Homo erectus and Middle Pleistocene hominins: Brain size, skull form, and species recognition

(2013) G. Philip Rightmire   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

(2013) Maanasa Raghavan et al.   NATURE

The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains

(2013) Kay Prüfer et al.   NATURE

Dynamics of Green Sahara Periods and Their Role in Hominin Evolution

(2013) Juan C. Larrasoaña et al.   PLoS One

DNA analysis of an early modern human from Tianyuan Cave, China

(2013) Q. Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Garba III (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia): a MSA site with archaic Homo sapiens remains revisited

(2013) Margherita Mussi et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Varied Response of Western Pacific Hydrology to Climate Forcings over the Last Glacial Period

(2013) S. A. Carolin et al.   SCIENCE

Sequencing Y Chromosomes Resolves Discrepancy in Time to Common Ancestor of Males Versus Females

(2013) G. D. Poznik et al.   SCIENCE

A “Copernican” Reassessment of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Tree from its Root

(2012) Doron M. Behar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Single-grain OSL chronologies for Middle Palaeolithic deposits at El Mnasra and El Harhoura 2, Morocco: Implications for Late Pleistocene human–environment interactions along the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa

(2012) Zenobia Jacobs et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

New ages for Middle and Later Stone Age deposits at Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania: Optically stimulated luminescence dating of quartz and feldspar grains

(2012) Luke A. Gliganic et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa

(2012) Kyle S. Brown et al.   NATURE

Anatomically modern human in Southeast Asia (Laos) by 46 ka

(2012) F. Demeter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Border Cave and the beginning of the Later Stone Age in South Africa

(2012) P. Villa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Middle Stone Age of the Central Sahara: Biogeographical opportunities and technological strategies in later human evolution

(2012) Robert A. Foley et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Genomic Variation in Seven Khoe-San Groups Reveals Adaptation and Complex African History

(2012) C. M. Schlebusch et al.   SCIENCE

Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

(2012) P. Skoglund et al.   SCIENCE

A High-Coverage Genome Sequence from an Archaic Denisovan Individual

(2012) M. Meyer et al.   SCIENCE

Early Pottery at 20,000 Years Ago in Xianrendong Cave, China

(2012) X. Wu et al.   SCIENCE

This Month in The Journal

(2011) Kathryn D. Bungartz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Technological, elemental and colorimetric analysis of an engraved ochre fragment from the Middle Stone Age levels of Klasies River Cave 1, South Africa

(2011) Francesco d’Errico et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

People of the ancient rainforest: Late Pleistocene foragers at the Batadomba-lena rockshelter, Sri Lanka

(2011) Nimal Perera et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

The evolution of the diversity of cultures

(2011) R. A. Foley et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Later Stone Age Calvaria from Iwo Eleru, Nigeria: Morphology and Chronology

(2011) Katerina Harvati et al.   PLoS One

Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans

(2011) B. M. Henn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations and human evolution on the southern coastal plain of South Africa

(2011) John S. Compton   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

(2011) M. Rasmussen et al.   SCIENCE

Middle Stone Age Bedding Construction and Settlement Patterns at Sibudu, South Africa

(2011) L. Wadley et al.   SCIENCE

Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa

(2010) Stephan C. Schuster et al.   NATURE

Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia

(2010) David Reich et al.   NATURE

A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa

(2010) P.-J. Texier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Human Adaptation and Plant Use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 Years Ago

(2010) G. R. Summerhayes et al.   SCIENCE

Early Use of Pressure Flaking on Lithic Artifacts at Blombos Cave, South Africa

(2010) Vincent Mourre et al.   SCIENCE

Ancient DNA from European Early Neolithic Farmers Reveals Their Near Eastern Affinities

(2010) Wolfgang Haak et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Shells and ochre in Middle Paleolithic Qafzeh Cave, Israel: indications for modern behavior

(2009) Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago

(2009) M. Petraglia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa

(2009) F. d'Errico et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Radiocarbon dating of charcoal and bone collagen associated with early pottery at Yuchanyan Cave, Hunan Province, China

(2009) E. Boaretto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic Discontinuity Between Local Hunter-Gatherers and Central Europe's First Farmers

(2009) B. Bramanti et al.   SCIENCE

The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans

(2009) S. A. Tishkoff et al.   SCIENCE

The Last Glacial Maximum

(2009) P. U. Clark et al.   SCIENCE

Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa

(2008) Lucinda Backwell et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Paleoanthropology of the Kibish Formation, southern Ethiopia: Introduction

(2008) John G. Fleagle et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Ancient DNA, Strontium isotopes, and osteological analyses shed light on social and kinship organization of the Later Stone Age

(2008) W. Haak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Middle Stone Age (MSA) site distributions in eastern Africa and their relationship to Quaternary environmental change, refugia and the evolution of Homo sapiens

(2008) L BASELL   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Implications for Human Behavior and Dispersal

(2008) Z. Jacobs et al.   SCIENCE