Here are the results of my first analysis of the new Metspalu et al. (2011) data (populations with _M endings), together with a large numbe...

I haven't read the paper fully yet (it's open access), but the abstract seems to agree with what I've written both here and over...

Journal of Human Evolution doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.07.007 Loss of air sacs improved hominin speech abilities Bart de Boer Abstract In this...

Gene. 2011 Nov 3. [Epub ahead of print] Increased Y-chromosome resolution of haplogroup O suggests genetic ties between the Ami aborigines ...

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11:328 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-328 Whole mitochondrial genome sequencing of domestic horses reveals incorpo...

This paper uses genealogical data to show that while some clines observed today stretch back to pre-industrial times, others do not. This is...

Investigative Genetics 2011, 2:24 doi:10.1186/2041-2223-2-24 Contrasting signals of positive selection in genes involved in human skin colo...

I have mentioned before that African Americans should not be used to generalize about Africa, not only because of their ~20% European admixt...

I covered Jeffrey Rose's work most recently here . Together with his work on the Gulf Oasis , Jebel Faya , and the Skhul/Qafzeh hominid...

The paintmychromosomes.com site gives pretty good information on this, although parts of it are still under construction. Link to paper an...

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Antiquity Volume: 85 Number: 330 Page: 1184–1193 First evidence of Pleistocene rock art in North Africa: securing the age of the Qurta p...

This paper proposes that "The haplotype of a suspected Sephardic origin has mutations 16114T-16126T-16153A-16192T-16294T-16519C in the ...

Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05361.x Ancient DNA from an Early Neolithic Iberian population supports a pioneer colonizat...

From the paper: The samples were typed through seven panels of 75 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as listed in the latest Y- chromo...

Am J Phys Anthropol DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21629 A melting pot of multicontinental mtDNA lineages in admixed Venezuelans Alberto Gómez-Carballa ...