In this cross-journal collection, we focus on contributions that address the link between environmental change and human mobility (displacement, migration, and relocation) at a local, regional ...

David Reich describes how the revolution in the ability to sequence ancient DNA has changed our understanding of the deep human past. This book tells the emerging story of our often surprising ...

Massive technological innovations now allow scientists to extract and analyze ancient DNA as never before, and it has become clear--in part from David Reich's own contributions to the field--that ...

Reich’s latest work has unlocked origins of the Indo-European family of languages. DNA evidence shows that these 'linguistic pioneers' came from current-day Russia 6,500 years ago.

Asians made humanity’s longest prehistoric migration and shaped the genetic landscape in the Americas, finds NTU Singapore-led study • GenomeAsia100K study showed that early Asians travelled ...

From North Asia to South America: Tracing the longest human migration through genomic sequencing. Science, 2025 DOI: 10.1126/science.adk5081 ...

Based on genetic analysis of 25 diverse groups in India, a paper in 2009 titled ‘Reconstructing Indian Population History’, jointly authored by David Reich and colleagues from Harvard and MIT ...

The findings predominantly support the human capital theory of migration. Educational attainments and regional labour market characteristics are critical predictors of who will migrate and who will ...