The immunogenetic impact of European colonization in the Americas by Evelyn Jane Collen, Angad Singh Johar, Angad Singh Johar, João C. Teixeira, João C. Teixeira, João C. Teixeira, Bastien Llamas, Bastien Llamas, Bastien Llamas, Bastien Llamas

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The genomic impact of European colonization of the Americas by Ongaro, L, Scliar, M, Flores, R, Capelli, C, Et al.

Creole Ecologies, Feral Customs: A Coevolutionary History of Buccaneering in Hispaniola During the Seventeenth Century by Claudio de Majo

“… As the European colonization of the Americas progressed through territorial occupation and economic exploitation, the motley Atlantic society that emerged from the Columbian Exchange also led to unprecedented social experiments. …”
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Landmarks of the Knowledge and Trypanosoma cruzi Biology in the Wild Environment by Ana Maria Jansen, Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier, André Luiz R. Roque

“…Trypanosoma cruzi, a primarily wild mammal parasite, infected humans already long before European colonization of the Americas. T. cruzi heterogeneity remains an unsolved question, and until now, it has still not been possible to associate T. cruzi genotypes with any biological or epidemiological feature. …”
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Stable isotope ecology of terra preta in Caxiuanã National Forest, Brazil by David K. Wright, David K. Wright, Helena Pinto Lima, Jungyu Choi, Jeong-Heon Choi, Anna T. Browne Ribeiro, Anna T. Browne Ribeiro, Mayara C. P. Mariano, Kevin McDaniel

“…The Amazon Basin currently hosts the world’s largest pool of terrestrial biodiversity and prior to European colonization of the Americas there were large human communities living in parkland ecosystems. …”
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Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of human pathogenic viruses into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade by Axel A Guzmán-Solís, Viridiana Villa-Islas, Miriam J Bravo-López, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Julie K Wesp, Jorge A Gómez-Valdés, María de la Luz Moreno-Cabrera, Alejandro Meraz, Gabriela Solís-Pichardo, Peter Schaaf, Benjamin R TenOever, Daniel Blanco-Melo, María C Ávila Arcos

“…After the European colonization of the Americas, there was a dramatic population collapse of the Indigenous inhabitants caused in part by the introduction of new pathogens. …”
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La economía ilegal y el crimen organizado en la Cuenca del Caribe: ¿México en la encrucijada? by Jaime Aragón Falomir

“…Recognizing that globalization started when European colonizers arrived in América (establishing the first transatlantic commercial networks), this article discusses how and to what extent this phenomenon is witnessing an important breakpoint, under influence the current battlegrounds of globalization (drugs, weapons, capital and persons). …”
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Phylogenetic dating analysis of HTLV-1 from Chile suggests transmissions events related to ancient migrations and contemporary expansion by Louise Zanella, Ismael Riquelme, Maria Elena Reyes, María José Tapia, Soledad Reyes, Bárbara Mora, Tamara Viscarra, Juan Carlos Roa, Carmen Ili, Priscilla Brebi

“…It was hypothesized that these introductions took place at least in two different historical moments: (i) during the ancient human migrations and (ii) during/after the European colonization of South America. The present study contributes toward understanding the evolutionary history of HTLV-1 in Chile and South America.…”
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On the Persistence of the Organic: The Material Lives of the <i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i> by Lauren R. Cannady

“…The many material lives of the plant species—from its propagation and first publication by Europeans to accounts by European colonizers in North America to the tree’s historic and continued use in Indigenous craft practices—can be read through intertwined histories of botany, bioprospecting, settler colonialism, and the Atlantic slave trade. …”
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