For what they were... we are

This is really nice to read, considering that the archaeological data strongly favors a single out-of-Africa migration around that date (c...

I just watched the documentary "First Peoples - Asia" (by NOVA) and found it quite good, discussing many of the issues that I and...

Quickies Quite worth mentioning: Wu Liu et al., The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China . Nature 2015. Pay per view...

Quantity over quality series A technical study that however gives an interesting glimpse on the complex but generally reductive geneti...

Interesting try at autosomal DNA nuclear clock-o-logy. Not quite it yet but interesting nevertheless because it approximates much bette...

Is straight hair Neanderthal? A quick note on two recent studies on the relevance of Neanderthal introgression on modern Humankind, not...

Interesting study on paleo-rivers of the Sahara providing insight for a likely route for Homo sapiens to cross the Sahara towards NW Africa...

This finding consolidates the recent dating of African-like industries of India to c. 96,000 years ago , as well as other previous discover...

The Nubian Complex MSA techno-culture arrived to Central Arabia, just south of Riyadh seemingly via the South Rémy Cressard & Yaman...

I just received notice (h/t David) of this most important finding and dating: Guanjun Shen et al., Mass spectrometric U-series dating o...

Again Team Petraglia revealing fascinating evidence on the Middle Paleolithic dispersal of Homo sapiens, and one that fits well the geneti...

Mehtakheri toolkit That is what a new study has found, albeit on just one date. Based on that they argue that the recent claim by Mella...

As I mentioned before, I have already got copies of the controversial study by Paul Mellars et al., which argues for a very late colonizati...