"Human Migration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Periodic movement of human settlement from one geographical location to another.
| Descriptor ID |
D063426
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.240.600.525 N01.224.625.525 N06.850.505.400.700.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Human Migration- Human Migration
- Human Migrations
- Migration, Human
- Migrations, Human
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Human Migration" by people in Profiles.
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50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation. Cell. 2025 Jun 26; 188(13):3389-3404.e6.
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Population histories of the Indigenous Adivasi and Sinhalese from Sri Lanka using whole genomes. Curr Biol. 2025 Jun 09; 35(11):2554-2566.e7.
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Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility. Elife. 2024 Jan 30; 13.
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A genetic history of continuity and mobility in the Iron Age central Mediterranean. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 09; 7(9):1515-1524.
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The spatiotemporal patterns of major human admixture events during the European Holocene. Elife. 2022 05 30; 11.
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A signature of Neanderthal introgression on molecular mechanisms of environmental responses. PLoS Genet. 2021 09; 17(9):e1009493.
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Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins. Nat Commun. 2020 05 19; 11(1):2480.
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Genetic Landscapes Reveal How Human Genetic Diversity Aligns with Geography. Mol Biol Evol. 2020 04 01; 37(4):943-951.
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Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Nat Commun. 2020 02 24; 11(1):939.
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The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia. Science. 2019 09 06; 365(6457).