Tuesday, April 12, 2016

PaleoEpidemiology

Neanderthals may have died of diseases carried by humans from Africa
New research challenges the idea that the spread of infectious diseases exploded as agriculture evolved 8,000 years ago

STIs may have driven ancient humans to monogamy, study says
The shift away from polygamy to monogamy with the dawn of agriculture could be down to the impact of sexually transmitted infections in communities