2025 EvMed Meeting in Nashville July 8-10

2025 EvMed Meeting in Nashville July 8-10

The abstract deadline is February 3 for the 10th annual meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health will be at Vanderbilt University in Nashville this year, just before a big symposium to celebrate the centenary of the Scopes trial....
Ancient plague plaque reveals so much!

Ancient plague plaque reveals so much!

Zuckerman, M. K., & Hofman, C. A. (2024). Lessons from ancient pathogens. Science, 385(6708), 490–492. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk0584 It is incredible what ancient DNA can tell us about ancient diseases! First Paragraph: The skeletons of deceased humans...
Evolution and Obesity – microbes & inflammation

Evolution and Obesity – microbes & inflammation

Saad, M. J. A., & Santos, A. (2024). The Microbiota and Evolution of Obesity. Endocrine Reviews, bnae033. https://doi.org/10.1210/endrev/bnae033 This article challenges some current ideas by taking gut microbiome into account. Abstract Obesity is a major global...
An Evolutionary View of Liver Pathology

An Evolutionary View of Liver Pathology

Dezső, K., Paku, S., Juhász, M., Kóbori, L., & Nagy, P. (2024). Evolutionary View of Liver Pathology. Evolutionary Applications, 17(12), e70059. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70059 open access ABSTRACT Evolutionary medicine emerged in the late twentieth century,...