Southern Africa is consistently placed as a potential region for the evolution of Homo
sapiens. We present genome sequences, up to 13x coverage, from seven ancient …

We assembled genome-wide data from 16 prehistoric Africans. We show that the anciently
divergent lineage that comprises the primary ancestry of the southern African San had a …

Characterizing genetic diversity in Africa is a crucial step for most analyses reconstructing
the evolutionary history of anatomically modern humans. However, historic migrations from …

Anatomically modern humans originated in Africa around 200 thousand years ago (ka),,–.
Although some of the oldest skeletal remains suggest an eastern African origin, southern …

Characterizing genetic diversity in Africa is a crucial step for most analyses reconstructing
the evolutionary history of anatomically modern humans. However, historic migrations from …

Mitochondria are unique organelles carrying their own genetic material, independent from
that in the nucleus. This review will discuss the nature of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and its …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a small fraction of our hereditary material. However, this
molecule has had an overwhelming presence in scientific research for decades until the …

Africa was the birth-place of Homo sapiens and has the earliest evidence for symbolic
behaviour and complex technologies. The best-attested early flowering of these distinctive …

Recent methodological advances have increased the pace and scale of African ancient
DNA (aDNA) research, inciting a rush to sample broadly from museum collections, and …

Ancient DNA studies reveal the genetic structure of Africa before the expansion of Bantu-
speaking agriculturalists; however, the impact of now extinct hunter-gatherer and herder …