Over the past decade, a genomics revolution, made possible through the development of
high-throughput sequencing, has triggered considerable progress in the study of ancient …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Studying ancient DNA allows us to retrace the evolutionary history of human pathogens,
such as Mycobacterium leprae, the main causative agent of leprosy. Leprosy is one of the …

Across Europe, the genetics of the Chalcolithic/Bronze Age transition is increasingly
characterized in terms of an influx of Steppe-related ancestry. The effect of this major shift on …

Hansen's disease (leprosy), mainly caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae, has
accompanied humanity for thousands of years. Although currently rare in Europe, there are …

Background Recent advances in sequencing have facilitated large-scale analyses of the
metagenomic composition of different samples, including the environmental microbiome of …

Mineralized dental plaque (calculus) has proven to be an excellent source of ancient
biomolecules. Here we present a Mycobacterium leprae genome (6.6-fold), the causative …

It is a common assumption that–compared with the Mesolithic–the adoption of Neolithic
lifeways was accompanied by a higher risk of infection and the development of epidemic …

Background Hansen's disease (leprosy), widespread in medieval Europe, is today mainly
prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions with around 200,000 new cases reported …

As one of the oldest known human diseases, leprosy or Hansen's disease remains a public
health concern around the world with over 200 000 new cases in 2018. Most human leprosy …