This paper shows an example of convergent evolution in humans, in which similarity in an observable trait is explained by different underlyi...

The absence of complete Homo sapiens remains in conjunction with Aurignacian industries have led some to raise the issue of who the origin...

From the paper: Men from the grave 244 (marked 244A to 244F) were buried together into a single wooden burial chamber. Individuals found in ...

PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005753 The Multifaceted Origin of Taurine Cattle Reflected by the Mitochondrial Genome Alessandro Achill...

This paper shows that while the mtDNA gene pool of Amerindians did not undergo substantial change since the Holocene (haplogroups B, C, D we...

PLoS Comput Biol doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000395 Brain Anatomical Network and Intelligence Yonghui Li et al. Abstract Intuitively, higher ...

From the paper: The aim of this study was to investigate family relationships among the inhabitants of Cajus Iulius Polybius’ house. In add...

Annals of Human Genetics doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00514.x Association between SNP Heterozygosity and Quantitative Traits in the Framing...

An interesting bit: In addition, the comparison of indels between SJK and YH (Table 4) showed that the two genomes shared the same type of i...

Anthropology.net points me to this new paper. I recommend that post for more details on the study. PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.00056...

This seems to parallel previous findings on European Americans . Opposites attract -- how genetics influences humans to choose their mates V...

While a larger portion of African ancestry in African Americans is associated with higher probability of obesity, a larger portion of Africa...

On the left, the MDS plot of genetic distances in studied populations and others from the literature. The haplotypes are available in free s...

A very worthwhile effort. From the About section of the website: Classical Scholars from around the world, well known for their expertise i...

BMC Evol Biol. 2009 May 16;9(1):104. [Epub ahead of print] Females prefer the scent of outbred males: good-genes-as-heterozygosity? I...

This is quite useful as a reference for those interested in E-M35 and its many subclades. A quick comment on p. 53 where Sicily is discussed...