Comparative studies of ethnically diverse human populations, particularly in Africa, are
important for reconstructing human evolutionary history and for understanding the genetic …

Africa is the birthplace of modern humans, and is the source of the geographic expansion of
ancestral populations into other regions of the world. Indigenous Africans are characterized …

We conduct high coverage (> 30×) whole-genome sequencing of 180 individuals from 12
indigenous African populations. We identify millions of unreported variants, many predicted …

Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of
relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 …

Bantu languages are spoken by about 310 million Africans, yet the genetic history of Bantu-
speaking populations remains largely unexplored. We generated genomic data for 1318 …

Long-range migrations and the resulting admixtures between populations have been
important forces shaping human genetic diversity. Most existing methods for detecting and …

Africa is inferred to be the continent of origin for all modern human populations, but the
details of human prehistory and evolution in Africa remain largely obscure owing to the …

Species are generally viewed by evolutionists as 'real'distinct entities in nature, making
speciation appear difficult. Charles Darwin had originally promoted a very different …

One of the primary goals of population genetics is to succinctly describe genetic
relationships among populations, and the computer program STRUCTURE is one of the …

The quest to explain demographic history during the early part of human evolution has been
limited because of the scarce paleoanthropological record from the Middle Stone Age. To …