Exposure to burn injuries played key role in shaping human evolution, study suggests

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

How bacteria learned to target numerous cell types

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...
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Sped-up evolution may help bacteria take hold in gut microbiome

Everywhere you go, you carry a population of microbes in your gastrointestinal tract that outnumber the human cells making up your body. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Exposure to burns may have shaped human evolution, study suggests

Researchers suggest repeated, survivable burn injuries influenced key genetic traits tied to inflammation, skin repair, and ...
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Burning ourselves could be how humans evolved so successfully

New research suggests fire was key to making our bodies successful in evolution – but not in the ways we previously thought.
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5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia bear the oldest evidence of syphilis bacteria, millennia before the arrival of Europeans

The temporal boundary that separated humanity from one of the most persistent and adaptable bacterial families has been ...
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I'm an evolutionary biologist who investigates real-time evolution in bacteria. These are my 5 must-read science books.

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that shaped her career and her outlook on life. When you purchase through links ...