Back in 2014, Joe Alcock, Athena Aktipis and Carlo Maley co-authored a paper in Bioessays, titled “Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms.” In it they argued that gut microbes are...
Below is an invitation to contribute to a study on strengths and limitations of human-based research in terms of broader applicability that should take only a few minutes. Please contribute if you can. Dear Participants, Many fundamental concepts in evolutionary...
There’s an interesting glimpse into recent human evolution in the latest edition of PLoS Genetics. It comes from a team of scientists whose corresponding author is Chad Huff, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. The paper is...
April 14 is the last day for reduced fee registration for the August 2017 Meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health in Groningen, Netherlands. ISEMPH members get a special further reduced rate, and those who also register for the...