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Insights from paleomicrobiology into the indigenous peoples of pre-colonial America - A Review [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014
This review investigates ancient infectious diseases in the Americas dated to the pre-colonial period and considers what these findings can tell us about the history of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Millie I Darling, Helen D Donoghue
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The genomic diversity of arthropod-specific viruses reinforces the continental distribution pattern of Aedes aegypti [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of arboviruses worldwide, including dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever. It is believed to have originated in Africa and migrated to the Americas during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ...
Weimar D. Briñez, Daniel Alfonso Urrea, Marina Muñoz, Luz H. Patiño, Juan David Ramírez   +4 more
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Mapping sexual dimorphism signal in the human cranium

Scientific Reports, 2023
The study of sexual dimorphism in human crania has important applications in the fields of human evolution and human osteology. Current, the identification of sex from cranial morphology relies on manual visual inspection of identifiable anatomical ...
Antonietta Del Bove, Lumila Menéndez, Giorgio Manzi, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Carlos Lorenzo, Antonio Profico   +5 more
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Helicobacter pylori’s historical journey through Siberia and the Americas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Significance The peopling of Siberia and the Americas is intriguing for archaeologists, linguists, and human geneticists, but despite significant recent developments, many details remain controversial. Here, we provide insights based on genetic diversity
Y. Moodley, A. Brunelli, S. Ghirotto, Andrey Klyubin, A. Maady, William Tyne, Z. Muñoz-Ramirez, Zhemin Zhou, A. Manica, B. Linz, M. Achtman   +10 more
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Analysis of the earliest complete mtDNA genome of a Caribbean colonial horse (Equus caballus) from 16th-century Haiti

PLoS ONE, 2022
Unlike other European domesticates introduced in the Americas after the European invasion, equids (Equidae) were previously in the Western Hemisphere but were extinct by the late Holocene era. The return of equids to the Americas through the introduction
Nicolas Delsol, Brian J. Stucky, Jessica A. Oswald, Elizabeth J. Reitz, Kitty F. Emery, Robert Guralnick   +5 more
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Evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium simium in the Americas

Malaria Journal, 2022
Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent human-infecting species in the Americas. However, the origins of this parasite in this continent are still debated. Similarly,
Virginie Rougeron, Josquin Daron, Michael C. Fontaine, Franck Prugnolle   +3 more
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The evolutionary history of dogs in the Americas [PDF]

Science, 2018
Lineage losses for man's best friend Dogs have been present in North America for at least 9000 years. To better understand how present-day breeds and populations reflect their introduction to the New World, Ní Leathlobhair et al.
Ní Leathlobhair, Máire, Perri, Angela R., Irving-Pease, Evan K., Witt, Kelsey E., Linderholm, Anna, Haile, James, Lebrasseur, Ophelie, Ameen, Carly, Blick, Jeffrey, Boyko, Adam R., Brace, Selina, Cortes, Yahaira Nunes, Crockford, Susan J., Devault, Alison, Dimopoulos, Evangelos A., Eldridge, Morley, Enk, Jacob, Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Gori, Kevin, Grimes, Vaughan, Guiry, Eric, Hansen, Anders J., Hulme-Beaman, Ardern, Johnson, John, Kitchen, Andrew, Kasparov, Aleksei K., Kwon, Young-Mi, Nikolskiy, Pavel A., Lope, Carlos Peraza, Manin, Aurélie, Martin, Terrance, Meyer, Michael, Myers, Kelsey Noack, Omura, Mark, Rouillard, Jean-Marie, Pavlova, Elena Y., Sciulli, Paul, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Strakova, Andrea, Ivanova, Varvara V., Widga, Christopher, Willerslev, Eske, Pitulko, Vladimir V., Barnes, Ian, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Dobney, Keith M., Malhi, Ripan S., Murchison, Elizabeth P., Larson, Greger, Frantz, Laurent A. F.   +49 more
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Creole Ecologies, Feral Customs: A Coevolutionary History of Buccaneering in Hispaniola During the Seventeenth Century

Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña, 2022
As the European colonization of the Americas progressed through territorial occupation and economic exploitation, the motley Atlantic society that emerged from the Columbian Exchange also led to unprecedented social experiments.
Claudio de Majo
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The Bering Strait was flooded 10,000 years before the Last Glacial Maximum

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Significance The Bering Strait was a land bridge during the peak of the last ice age (the Last Glacial Maximum, LGM), when sea level was ~130 m lower than today.
J. Farmer, T. Pico, Ona M. Underwood, Rebecca Cleveland Stout, J. Granger, T. Cronin, F. Fripiat, A. Martínez-García, G. Haug, D. Sigman   +9 more
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Human Y chromosome sequences from Q Haplogroup reveal a South American settlement pre-18,000 years ago and a profound genomic impact during the Younger Dryas.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The settlement of the Americas has been the focus of incessant debate for more than 100 years, and open questions regarding the timing and spatial patterns of colonization still remain today.
Paula B Paz Sepúlveda, Andrea Constanza Mayordomo, Camila Sala, Ezequiel Jorge Sosa, Jonathan Javier Zaiat, Mariela Cuello, Marisol Schwab, Daniela Rodríguez Golpe, Eliana Aquilano, María Rita Santos, José Edgardo Dipierri, Emma L Alfaro Gómez, Claudio M Bravi, Marina Muzzio, Graciela Bailliet   +14 more
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