The domestication of plants and animals over the past 11,500 years has had a significant
effect not just on the domesticated taxa but also on human evolution and on the biosphere …

Formerly domesticated organisms and artificially selected genes often escape controlled
cultivation, but their subsequent evolution is not well studied. In this review, we examine …

A 2015 James Beard Award Finalist:" Eye-opening, insightful, and huge fun to read."—Bee
Wilson, author of Consider the Fork Why do we eat toast for breakfast, and then toast to good …

The measure of the “Mayacene,” a microcosm of the Early Anthropocene that occurred from
c. 3000 to 1000 BP, comes from multiple Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental records. We …

El manejo de vida silvestre incluye todas aquellas acciones que se realizan para obtener
beneficios ecológicos, socioculturales o económicos provenientes de la vida silvestre. En la …

This study uses a multiisotope (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium) approach to
examine early animal management in the Maya region. An analysis of faunal specimens …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is endemic in many parts of the world and is a significant cause of
chronic liver damage and hepatocellular carcinoma. HBV therapeutics vary according to the …

Guinea pigs (Cavia spp.) have a long association with humans. From as early as 10,000
years ago they were a wild food source. Later, domesticated Cavia porcellus were dispersed …

The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the only domesticated vertebrate to originate from North
America. Accurate reconstructions of the timing, location, and process of its domestication …

The Tadrart Acacus is a sandstone massif range located in the southwestern side of Libya,
in the core of the Sahara, close to the Algerian border. The area is today a harsh and dry …