Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution

A Kocher, L Papac, R Barquera, FM Key, MA Spyrou… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been infecting humans for millennia and remains a global health
problem, but its past diversity and dispersal routes are largely unknown. We generated HBV …

Long-term dietary change in Atlantic and Mediterranean Iberia with the introduction of agriculture: a stable isotope perspective

M Cubas, R Peyroteo-Stjerna, M Fontanals-Coll… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
The Neolithic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula is marked by the introduction of livestock
and domesticated crops which modified subsistence strategies in an unprecedented …

Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands

R Rozzi, MV Lomolino, AAE van der Geer, D Silvestro… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

Palaeogeographical evolution of the Egadi Islands (western Sicily, Italy). Implications for late Pleistocene and early Holocene sea crossings by humans and other …

VL Presti, F Antonioli, MR Palombo, V Agnesi… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The continental shelf morphology offshore of western Sicily suggests that during the Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM, 20 ka cal BP), two of the Egadi Islands, Favignana and Levanzo …

Stable isotope analyses of amino acids reveal the importance of aquatic resources to Mediterranean coastal hunter–gatherers

M Fontanals-Coll, S Soncin… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Determining the degree to which humans relied on coastal resources in the past is key for
understanding long-term social and economic development, as well as for assessing human …

Dental calculus and isotopes provide direct evidence of fish and plant consumption in Mesolithic Mediterranean

E Cristiani, A Radini, D Borić, HK Robson, I Caricola… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
In this contribution we dismantle the perceived role of marine resources and plant foods in
the subsistence economy of Holocene foragers of the Central Mediterranean using a …

Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies

G Oxilia, E Bortolini, F Badino… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The analysis of prehistoric human dietary habits is key for understanding the
effects of paleoenvironmental changes on the evolution of cultural and social human …

First Mediterranean Assessment Report–Chapter 4: Ecosystems

MV Balzan, AER Hassoun, N Aroua… - … Change in the …, 2020 - amu.hal.science
Despite covering only 0.82% of the ocean's surface, the Mediterranean Sea supports up to
18% of all known marine species, with 21% being listed as vulnerable and 11% as …

Multiproxy bioarchaeological data reveals interplay between growth, diet and population dynamics across the transition to farming in the central Mediterranean

EW Parkinson, S Stoddart, V Sparacello, F Bertoldi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The transition to farming brought on a series of important changes in human society,
lifestyle, diet and health. The human bioarchaeology of the agricultural transition has …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily

H Yu, MS van de Loosdrecht, MA Mannino, S Talamo… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Sicily is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean
because of its central position. Here, we present genomic and stable isotopic data for 19 …