Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the Global Health challenges of the 21st century.
The inclusion of AMR on the global map parallels the scientific, technological, and …

Human foragers avoid noncommunicable diseases that are leading causes of mortality,
partly because physically active lifestyles promote healthy aging. High activity levels also …

People-plant interaction studies the complex interactions that exist between humans and the
natural environment, particularly plants; it is a thorough research that covers a wide range of …

PNAS has a long history of presenting research results relating to human evolution,
including numerous breakthroughs in paleoanthropology, especially as they pertain to the …

The origins of treponemal diseases have long remained unknown, especially considering
the sudden onset of the first syphilis epidemic in the late 15th century in Europe and its …

As zoonotic diseases coevolved with early agriculture, social distancing within dense human
settlements could have conferred a selective advantage in terms of infection risk. Here, we …

Infectious diseases have had devastating impacts on human populations throughout history.
Still, the origins and past dynamics of human pathogens remain poorly understood. To …

Questions about syphilis are common on the outpatient infectious diseases service, where
we field queries from providers practicing in a wide range of settings. At the turn of this …

The skeletal and immune systems are intricately intertwined within the bone marrow
microenvironment, a field of study termed osteoimmunology. Osteoimmune interactions are …

Planning for global warming requires an understanding of past climate change events, their
impacts, and human strategies for resilience. From small-scale societies to urban …