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Retracing Human Genetic Histories and Natural Selection Using Precise Local Ancestry Inference
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The genetic history of the Southern Andes from present-day Mapuche ancestry
The role of genetic selection and climatic factors in the dispersal of anatomically modern humans out of Africa
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Positive selection in the genomes of two Papua New Guinean populations at distinct altitude levels
Large scale functional screen identifies genetic variants with splicing effects in modern and archaic humans
Versatile detection of diverse selective sweeps with Flex-sweep
A gene-level test for directional selection on gene expression
Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
The Selection Landscape and Genetic Legacy of Ancient Eurasians
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Genetic adaptation to pathogens and increased risk of inflammatory disorders in post-Neolithic Europe
The lingering effects of Neanderthal introgression on human complex traits
Clonal dynamics of hematopoiesis across the human lifespan
Genome-wide data from medieval German Jews show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century
Using macroevolutionary patterns to distinguish primary from secondary cognitive modules in primate cross-species performance data on 5 cognitive ability measures
Balancing selection on genomic deletion polymorphisms in humans
The Direct Reproductive Cost of Same-Sex Attraction: Evidence from Two Nationally Representative US Samples
Direct detection of natural selection in Bronze Age Britain
GWAS on birth year infant mortality rates provides evidence of recent natural selection
Evolutionary Trajectories of Complex Traits in European Populations of Modern Humans
Recent selection is a major force driving cancer evolution
Evolution of Human-specific Alleles Protecting Cognitive Function of Grandmothers
Admixture has obscured signals of historical hard sweeps in humans
Disentangling signatures of selection before and after European colonization in Latin Americans
Genome-wide association analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading-related and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people
Long-range regulatory effects of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans
The genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes
Extreme purifying selection against point mutations in the human genome
Genomic evidence consistent with antagonistic pleiotropy may help explain the evolutionary maintenance of same-sex sexual behavior in humans
Relationship between rice farming and polygenic scores potentially linked to agriculture in China
Cortical Control of Behavior and Attention from an Evolutionary Perspective
The evolution of perennially enlarged breasts in women: a critical review and a novel hypothesis
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression From an Evolutionary Perspective
Now you see them, and now you don’t: An evolutionarily informed model of environmental influences on human sex differences
Analysis of genomic DNA from medieval plague victims suggests long-term effect of Yersinia pestis on human immunity genes
Geographic variation in the polygenic score of height in Japan
Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments
An early cell shape transition drives evolutionary expansion of the human forebrain
Scientists discover why the human brain is so big: Molecular switch makes human organ three times larger than great apes’, study finds
Negative selection on complex traits limits phenotype prediction accuracy between populations
S-LDXR: Population-specific causal disease effect sizes in functionally important regions impacted by selection
No support for the hereditarian hypothesis of the Black-White achievement gap using polygenic scores and tests for divergent selection
Local adaptation and archaic introgression shape global diversity at human structural variant loci
African genetic diversity and adaptation inform a precision medicine agenda
Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf and bison DNA from 25,000 year-old sediment
The influence of evolutionary history on human health and disease
Associations of biogeographic ancestry with hypertension traits
Whole-exome imputation within UK Biobank powers rare coding variant association and fine-mapping analyses
Evolution of the human brain: A human-specific gene is a determinant of the cognitive architecture of the human cerebral cortex
Human-specific ARHGAP11B increases size and folding of primate neocortex in the fetal marmoset
Natural selection on anthropometric traits of Estonian girls
Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in Sardinia at Height-Associated Loci Ascertained from the Biobank Japan
Sex-biased reduction in reproductive success drives selective constraint on human genes
An age-dependent ovulatory strategy explains the evolution of dizygotic twinning in humans
Coalitional Value Theory: an Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Culture
Disentangling selection on genetically correlated polygenic traits using whole-genome genealogies
Macroevolutionary patterns and selection modes for general intelligence (G) and for commonly used neuroanatomical volume measures in primates
Air Pollution, Evolution, and the Fate of Billions of Humans: It’s not just a modern problem. Airborne toxins are so pernicious that they may have shaped our DNA over millions of years
A genome-wide Approximate Bayesian Computation approach suggests only limited numbers of soft sweeps in humans over the last 100,000 years
Adaptive archaic introgression of copy number variants and the discovery of previously unknown human genes
Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest
Genetic contributions to variation in human stature in prehistoric Europe
Thinking About the Evolution of Complex Traits in the Era of Genome-Wide Association Studies
Direct Estimation of Mutations in Great Apes Reconciles Phylogenetic Dating
Polygenic Scores Mediate the Jewish Phenotypic Advantage in Educational Attainment and Cognitive Ability Compared With Catholics and Lutherans
Natural Selection Contributed to Immunological Differences between Hunter-Gatherers and Agriculturalists
Comparing signals of natural selection between 3 Indigenous North American populations
Impact and Evolutionary Determinants of Neanderthal Introgression on Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation
A Late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan Mandible from the Tibetan Plateau
The heritability of fertility makes world population stabilization unlikely in the foreseeable future
Reconstructing the History of Polygenic Scores Using Coalescent Trees
Polygenic adaptation on height is overestimated due to uncorrected stratification in genome-wide association studies
Schizophrenia risk and reproductive success: a Mendelian Randomization study
The Pregnancy Pickle: Evolved Immune Compensation Due to Pregnancy Underlies Sex Differences in Human Diseases
A method for genome-wide genealogy estimation for thousands of samples
Polygenicity of complex traits is explained by negative selection
Detecting past and ongoing natural selection among ethnically Tibetan women at high altitude in Nepal
Quantification of genetic components of population differentiation in UK Biobank traits reveals signals of polygenic selection
An evolutionary compass for elucidating selection mechanisms shaping complex traits
Evolutionary Perspectives on Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders
Polygenic adaptation and convergent evolution across both growth and cardiac genetic pathways in African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers
Strong selection during the last millennium for African ancestry in the admixed population of Madagascar
Human local adaptation of the TRPM8 cold receptor along a latitudinal cline
Genetic Diversity in Populations across Latin America: Implications for Population and Medical Genetic Studies
Changes in Biological Pathways During 6,000 Years of Civilization in Europe
Physiological and Genetic Adaptations to Diving in Sea Nomads
Estimation of The Percentage of US Patients With Cancer Who Benefit From Genome-Driven Oncology
Evolutionary History and Adaptation of a Human Pygmy Population of Flores Island, Indonesia
Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection
Polygenic Adaptation has Impacted Multiple Anthropometric Traits
Linkage disequilibrium-dependent architecture of human complex traits shows action of negative selection
Identifying genetic variants that affect viability in large cohorts
Genetic loci associated with coronary artery disease harbor evidence of selection and antagonistic pleiotropy
Soft sweeps are the dominant mode of adaptation in the human genome
Comparative genomic evidence for self-domestication in Homo sapiens
Patterns of shared signatures of recent positive selection across human populations
Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder
Investigating the case of human nose shape and climate adaptation
Harnessing Ancient Genomes to Study the History of Human Adaptation
Understanding Immunity through the Lens of Disease Ecology
Population structure of UK Biobank and ancient Eurasians reveals adaptation at genes influencing blood pressure
Genetic Associations Between Personality Traits and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Humans
The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 Genomes from 142 Diverse Populations
Divergent Ah Receptor Ligand Selectivity during Hominin Evolution
A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans
Genetic Markers of Human Evolution Are Enriched in Schizophrenia
Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe
Genome-Wide Patterns of Selection in 230 Ancient Eurasians
Rapid Evolution of the Cerebellum in Humans and Other Great Apes
8.2% of the Human Genome Is Constrained: Variation in Rates of Turnover across Functional Element Classes in the Human Lineage
Exceptional Evolutionary Divergence of Human Muscle and Brain Metabolomes Parallels Human Cognitive and Physical Uniqueness
Genome Sequence of a 45,000-Year-Old Modern Human from Western Siberia
The Deleterious Mutation Load Is Insensitive to Recent Population History
Analysis of 6,515 exomes reveals the recent origin of most human protein-coding variants
Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease
Parallel Adaptive Divergence among Geographically Diverse Human Populations
The genetics of human adaptation: hard sweeps, soft sweeps, and polygenic adaptation
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Paleontological Tests: Human-like Intelligence is not a Convergent Feature of Evolution
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Adapted to Flee Famine: Adding an Evolutionary Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa
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Infectious Causation of Disease: An Evolutionary Perspective
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