The most basic concept to understand when examining regional migration is the fact that industrialization has always developed unevenly. Because jobs were never on a geographic parity with workers, workers have been forced to pack up and move...

Human migration denotes any movement by humans from one locality to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known to have migrated extensively throughout history and prehistory. Migration and population isolation is one of the...

Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution, by Alan G. Fix. Cambridge Series in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology 24. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 236 pp. Migration is one of the main forces shaping the genetic diversity of human populations. Thus, understanding the causes,...

Humans migrated over time, study says Associated Press Friday, January 12, 2001 Anthropologists analyzing ancient skulls from around the world say modern humans did not arise from a single migration from Africa, but from small groups that journeyed to every continent...

The capital city's ties to the Gold Rush are everywhere, from the historical old town where fortune-seekers arrived on the Sacramento River to Sutter's Fort, where costumed actors recreate the Wild West for schoolchildren.It was at that fort, just two miles west of the state...

For a brief moment last month, George W. Bush behaved like a responsible leader instead of a partisan demagogue. On the issue of immigration, which provokes so much demagogic and divisive rhetoric on the right, he followed his better instincts by seeking compromise. He took...