Historians of medicine and disease have yet to think through a syndemic lens. This
commentary aims to point out why they should. Although there are several hurdles to …

The ancient city of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico, was one of the largest and most
influential Maya settlements during the Late and Terminal Classic periods (ad 600–1000) …

Background The archaeological incidence of ancient human faecal material provides a rare
opportunity to explore the taxonomic composition and metabolic capacity of the ancestral …

Industrialization—including urbanization, participation in the global food chain and
consumption of heavily processed foods—is thought to drive substantial shifts in the human …

Metagenomic analysis is largely concerned with untargeted genetic characterisation of the
taxonomic and functional composition of whole communities of organisms. Researchers ask …

An Introduction to Native North America provides a basic introduction to the Native peoples
of North America, covering what are now the United States, northern Mexico, and Canada. In …

Grounded in the historical conditions of epidemics intertwined with state power, we examine
the factors that contribute to women of color's high proximity to contagion. We build on …

The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth. Until a
few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller—including …

Ancient bacterial and viral genomes provide a window into the tempo, chronology, and rate
of evolutionary processes of pathogens that have accompanied humans throughout history …

Andean paleopathological research has significantly enhanced knowledge about the
geographical distribution and evolution of tuberculosis (TB) in pre-Columbian South …