V. M. Cabrera

Following the evolution of Homo sapiens across Africa using a uniparental genetic guide

This study proposes an integrative model of Homo sapiens evolution in Africa using mitochondrial and Y-chromosome haplogroup phylogeography, suggesting an early origin in northwest Africa and multiple migration events.

Counterbalancing the time-dependence effect on the human mitochondrial DNA molecular clock

The paper introduces a method to estimate coalescent ages of human mitochondrial DNA sequences, accounting for time-dependent molecular rates, resulting in older age estimates for human evolution events that align with recent archaeological findings.

Carriers of mitochondrial DNA macrohaplogroup L3 basic lineages migrated back to Africa from Asia around 70,000 years ago.

The paper proposes a model of human migration involving an out-of-Africa event around 125 kya, a return to Africa from Eurasia around 70 kya, and a second Eurasian expansion by 60 kya.