Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Monday, February 24, 2020 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Using Salmonella enterica genomes recovered from human skeletons as old as 6,500 years, an international team of researchers illustrates the evolution of a human pathogen and provides the first ancient DNA evidence in support of the hypothesis that the cultural transition from foraging to farming facilitated the emergence of human-adapted pathogens that persist until today.