1/5 Well over three years of work and I’m thrilled to see it out today in Science Advances: the cover feature no less! Using an innovative pipeline, we show that malaria shaped the spatial organization of human groups in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 74,000 years.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🦟 Out and on a shiny new cover of Science Advances: we use a novel approach to study malaria impact on early human groups - malaria wasn't just a threat, it shaped human habitat choice in sub-Saharan Africa in the past 74,000 years.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Malaria has shaped human habitat choice, exchange, and dispersal since the late Pleistocene in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Eleanor Scerri
"Ancient antibodies and the hidden history of infection" by Dr. Christiana Scheib - join us (online) on the 18th June @14.00h (CEST) for a new, engaging talk of the Human Palaeosystems seminar series #MPI_GEA @elliescerri.bsky.social
www.gea.mpg.de/223280/human...
Margherita Colucci
Malaria has shaped human habitat choice, exchange, and dispersal since the late Pleistocene in sub-Saharan Africa.
🦟Infectious disease has shaped the deep history of our species, as new research co-authored by members of our Evolutionary Ecology Group reveals. @eegcam.bsky.social @mikleonardi.bsky.social @ceciliapad.bsky.social
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#newpaper 🦟👣
We show how #malaria shaped human #distribution for the last 74k years
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Congrats to @margheritac17.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social and the whole gang (see below).
A special shoutout to Martin & Ondrej Pelanek for the great cover pic 😍
I've decided to do a Bluesky run-through of my Animal Kingdom book: 100 more posts about the inner workings of natural history, biodiversity and evolution, told through 100 museum objects. A couple per day, starting… now! 🧵
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If you want to know more about our study on the impact of #malaria on human #distribution for the last 74k years go check this great thread by @elliescerri.bsky.social! 🦟👣
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🚨FULLY FUNDED PHD POSITION!🚨 If you are interested in trying to answer the question of "How did climate shape the movements, interactions, and evolution of
hominin populations?" Come join my lab at @humanorigins.bsky.social 🧬🧪 deadline 7th of June ⬇️
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I am so happy to share our #newpaper on how human #distribution in #Africa was shaped by #malaria for tens of thousands of years.
A wonderful work led by @margheritac17.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social and @eegcam.bsky.social. I loved contributing!
#prehistory #humanevolution #disease 1/2
1/5 Well over three years of work and I’m thrilled to see it out today in Science Advances: the cover feature no less! Using an innovative pipeline, we show that malaria shaped the spatial organization of human groups in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 74,000 years.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Margherita Colucci
Malaria has shaped human habitat choice, exchange, and dispersal since the late Pleistocene in sub-Saharan Africa.
Malaria was fundamental in shaping the course of human evolution, @camzoology.bsky.social researchers have found.
Between 74,000 and 5,000 years ago, early humans in Africa avoided high-risk malaria areas, shaping the population structure seen today.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4tUdOxe
Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge
Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Jack Ashby
Eleanor Scerri
Malaria was fundamental in shaping the course of human evolution, @camzoology.bsky.social researchers have found.
Between 74,000 and 5,000 years ago, early humans in Africa avoided high-risk malaria areas, shaping the population structure seen today.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4tUdOxe
Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias
Michela Leonardi
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
From a single beginning, countless millions of stories from the animal kingdom have – and continue to – run their course. Museum objects allow us to investigate some of those stories. Animal Kingdom j...
1/5 Well over three years of work and I’m thrilled to see it out today in Science Advances: the cover feature no less! Using an innovative pipeline, we show that malaria shaped the spatial organization of human groups in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 74,000 years.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Malaria has shaped human habitat choice, exchange, and dispersal since the late Pleistocene in sub-Saharan Africa.
