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No gain from pain: Lack of nociceptor activation suggests no adaptation for defence in the evolution of European viper venoms

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 10, Page 3048-3062, October 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Snake venoms show variability in composition at all taxonomic levels, both within and between species, and the selective pressures underlying this variation have long been debated.
Bálint Üveges   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Genetic Risk Variant Associated With the Risk of Primary Biliary Cholangitis Is Inherited From Neanderthals

open access: yesLiver International, Volume 46, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune cholangiopathy with polygenic architecture and unknown aetiology. Evidence links Neanderthal‐derived genetic variants to autoimmune conditions; however, their contribution to PBC susceptibility remains unexplored.
Alessio Gerussi   +269 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Deterministic Fetal Programming: Intrauterine Exposures and the Multifactorial Origins of Adiposity

open access: yesObesity Reviews, Volume 27, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Excess adiposity is not a recently developed problem but has existed since at least the upper Paleolithic, allowing evolutionary selection pressures to adapt the physiology of the pregnant woman and the feto‐placental unit for maternal and fetal protection.
Gernot Desoye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relatively open vegetation landscapes promoted early Pleistocene hominin evolution

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment
Vegetation structure and landscape openness are key ecological factors influencing human behavioural and cultural adaptation strategies. However, there is ongoing debate and lack of quantitative assessment about which vegetation landscape and openness ...
Baoshuo Fan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Do larger molars and robust jaws in early hominins represent dietary adaptation?’ A New Study in Tooth Wear [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Diet imposes significant constraints on the biology and behaviour of animals. The fossil record suggests that key changes in diet have taken place throughout the course of human evolution.
Clement, A
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Evidence for independent brain and neurocranial reorganization during hominin evolution. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019
Alatorre Warren JL   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Homo naledi and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesElife, 2017
Berger LR   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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