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Shifting Climates, Foods, and Diseases: The Human Microbiome through Evolution
16 Sept 2019
Abstract excerpt
Human evolution has been punctuated by climate anomalies, structuring environments, deadly infections, and altering landscapes. How well humans adapted to these new circumstances had direct effects on fitness and survival. Here, how the gut microbiome could have contributed to human evolutionary success through contributions to host nutritional buffering and infectious disease resistance is reviewed. How changes...
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