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 past several years have witnessed an explosion of successful ancient human genome-
sequencing projects, with genomic-scale ancient DNA data sets now available for more than …

Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human
history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the …

Ancient Rome was the capital of an empire of~ 70 million inhabitants, but little is known
about the genetics of ancient Romans. Here we present 127 genomes from 29 …

Existing mortality estimates assert that the Justinianic Plague (circa 541 to 750 CE) caused
tens of millions of deaths throughout the Mediterranean world and Europe, helping to end …

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 …

Frontiers | Hybrid Capture-Based Next Generation Sequencing and Its Application to Human
Infectious Diseases Skip to main content Top bar navigation Frontiers in Microbiology About us …

Endemic malaria, which claimed 229 million new cases and 409,000 deaths in 2019 mainly
in Africa, was eradicated from Europe by the mid-20th century. Historical descriptions of …

The ability to sequence genomes from ancient biological material has provided a rich source
of information for evolutionary biology and engaged considerable public interest. Although …

Malaria-causing protozoa of the genus Plasmodium have exerted one of the strongest
selective pressures on the human genome, and resistance alleles provide biomolecular …