Evolution for high-altitude living in present-day Tibetans

Evolution for high-altitude living in present-day Tibetans

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...
ISEMPH Early Bird Deadline April 14th!

ISEMPH Early Bird Deadline April 14th!

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...

How a beneficial gut microbe adapted to breast milk

It is now well documented that the best way for an infant’s gut (largely sterile at birth) to get populated by the bacterial components of a healthy microbiota is through its mother’s milk. Over 700 species of bacteria have been found in breast milk...