The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to Africa as the continent from which our ancestors dispersed in the Late ...

Two landmark genomic studies have unveiled unprecedented details about prehistoric human migrations, including the longest known journey from North Asia to South America and the largest genetic ...

Migration debates often begin in the wrong place. They ask how many migrants a country should accept, which migrants should ...

Global migration has increased from 13 million people per year in 2000 to around 35 million in 2023. The data, published in Nature on 10 June 1, come from the most detailed maps of global migration ...