Body's bacteria don't outnumber human cells so much after all
New calculations show human cells about equal bacteria in the body.
Source: sciencenews.org
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Spectrum Launch: Child care at SfN; interview tips; Neuropixels course | Spectrum
This month’s issue is packed with tips for early-career researchers heading to the first in-person meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in three years.
Source: spectrumnews.org
Global human microbiome research dominated by highly developed countries
New studies emerge daily on the effect of the human microbiome on human health: colon cancer, ulcers, and cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease have been associated with the communities of microbes that live in our bodies.
United States United Kingdom University Of Minnesota Elizabeth Adamowicz Richard Abdill Emily Henderson
Source: news-medical.net
Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains
Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains May. 10, 2021 , 3:00 PM Here’s another blow to the popular image of Neanderthals as brutish meat eaters: A new study of bacteria collected from Neanderthal teeth shows that our close cousins ate so many roots, nuts, or other starchy foods that they dramatically altered the type of bacteria in their mouths. The finding suggests our ancestors had adapted to eating lots of starch by at least 600,000 years ago—about the same time as they ...
Christina Warinner Rann Gibbons Max Planck Rachel Carmody Anne Stone Of Arizona State University Harvard University
Source: sciencemag.org