Genetic evidence that overturns existing theories about human migration into Island Southeast Asia (covering the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysian Borneo) taking the timeline back by nearly 10,000 ...

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Twenty-nine human footprints from the end of the last Ice Age are fueling discussion about America's first immigrants, Gizmodo reports. Archaeologists found the prints on an island in British Columbia ...

This workshop explored the causes and consequences of forced migration and population displacement on social, economic, health, and legal outcomes of refugees. The workshop drew on demographic methods ...

A theory is developed of labor migration that is prompted by a desire to avoid "social humiliation." In a general-equilibrium framework, it is shown that as long as migration can reduce humiliation ...

Thousands of years ago, humans in Eurasia were cut off from the Americas by ice. But when the ice began to melt and humans crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia, the fate of humanity changed, and the ...

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 97, No. 3 (April 2015), pp. 680-700 (21 pages) A general global precept is that agglomeration forces lead to migration from rural to urban areas. Yet ...

A geological study provides compelling evidence to support the hypothesis that ancient humans migrated into the Americas via a coastal route. By analyzing boulders and bedrock, a team shows that part ...

Much is still being learned about bird migration, but one fact can be said with absolute certainty: Birds do not fly to the moon in winter. Of all the thoughts that have been given about the seasonal ...