The oral microbiome plays key roles in human biology, health, and disease, but little is
known about the global diversity, variation, or evolution of this microbial community. To …

The field of palaeomicrobiology is dramatically expanding thanks to recent advances in high-
throughput biomolecular sequencing, which allows unprecedented access to the …

Numerous biological and cultural factors influence the microbial communities (microbiota)
that inhabit the human mouth, including diet, environment, hygiene, physiology, health …

The prevalence of chronic, non-communicable diseases has risen sharply in recent
decades, especially in industrialized countries. While several studies implicate the …

The importance of commensal microbes for human health is increasingly recognized,,,,, yet
the impacts of evolutionary changes in human diet and culture on commensal microbiota …

Maladaptation to modern diets has been implicated in several chronic disorders. Given the
higher prevalence of disease such as dental caries and chronic gum diseases in …

Humans are ecosystems containing trillions of microorganisms, but the evolutionary history
of this microbiome is obscured by a lack of knowledge about microbiomes of African apes …

Background Comparative data from non-human primates provide insight into the processes
that shaped the evolution of the human gut microbiome and highlight microbiome traits that …

The evolutionary origins of the bacterial lineages that populate the human gut are unknown.
Here we show that multiple lineages of the predominant bacterial taxa in the gut arose via …

The human microbiome has recently become a valuable source of information about host
life and health. To date little is known about how it may have evolved during key phases …