Association of CAPN10 haplotype combinations with type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome among Egyptians: pilot study—genotyping of three CAPN10 variants by Shaymaa W. El-Far, Heba Sh. Kassem, Amira M. Embaby, Abir A. Saad, Nader Mowafy, Medhat Haroun

“…To enhance the power of human evolution control nowadays, mutations and polymorphisms in target genes associated with human diseases should be well understood.…”
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A risk-based model for predicting the impact of using condoms on the spread of sexually transmitted infections by Asma Azizi, Karen Ríos-Soto, Anuj Mubayi, James M. Hyman

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To save or not to save your family member’s life? Evolutionary stability of self-sacrificing life history strategy in monogamous sexual populations by József Garay, Barnabás M. Garay, Zoltán Varga, Villő Csiszár, Tamás F. Móri

“…Conclusions In spite of the fact that the kidney transplantations was not a selection factor during the earlier human evolution, nowadays “self-sacrificing” can be observed in the live donor kidney transplantations, when the donor is one of the family members. …”
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Reflexiones acerca de la enseñanza de la influencia de la alimentación en la evolución humana, en niños de quinto de primaria by Yudy Cecilia Rátiva Avella

“…This article reflects on the importance of developing in the classroom of children in fifth grade teaching power from a historical and biological perspective considering human evolution and food today, this comes after a process of reflection and analysis of pedagogical practice, conducted after analyzing the replies provided to the semi-structured questionnaire Representation of Content (ReCo), the results establish the importance of generating reflection processes on teaching allowing to implement different teaching strategies through which to address socially relevant issues from different perspectives.…”
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Clinical pharmacogenomics in action: design, assessment and implementation of a novel pharmacogenetic panel supporting drug selection for diseases of the central nervous system (CN... by E. Bothos, E. Ntoumou, K. Kelaidoni, D. Roukas, N. Drakoulis, M. Papasavva, F. A. Karakostis, P. Moulos, K. Karakostis

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Elucidation of cross-species proteomic effects in human and hominin bone proteome identification through a bioinformatics experiment by F. Welker

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Adaptive pathways and coupled infrastructure: seven centuries of adaptation to water risk and the production of vulnerability in Mexico City by Beth Tellman, Julia C. Bausch, Hallie Eakin, John M. Anderies, Marisa Mazari-Hiriart, David Manuel-Navarrete, Charles L. Redman

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Challenges in modeling complexity of neglected tropical diseases: a review of dynamics of visceral leishmaniasis in resource limited settings by Swati DebRoy, Olivia Prosper, Austin Mishoe, Anuj Mubayi

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Combining geographic region with meta-analysis to map the potential association between three genetic polymorphisms and coronary artery disease by Hua Lin, Li Lin, Zhou Ping, Yang Zheng

“…Geographic isolation and natural selection present fundamental forces to diversify genetic backgrounds during human evolution and migration. In this study, we attempted to assess whether human geographic isolation affects the genetic predisposition of CAD. …”
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THE ONTOLOGY OF EDUCATION (HERMENEUTIC, EXISTENTIAL, SYNERGETIC BASE) by I. I. Sulima, V. A. Gluzdov

“…Education in the article is represented as institutialized environment of ongoing human evolution in hermeneutical undertaking.…”
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Nocturnal selective pressures on the evolution of human musicality as a missing piece of the adaptationist puzzle by Marco Antonio Correa Varella

“…The expansion of nocturnal activities throughout human evolution, which is tied to tree-to-ground sleep transition and habitual use of fire, might help (i) explain the evolution of musicality from independent principles, (ii) explain various seemingly unrelated music features and functions, and (iii) integrate many ancestral adaptive values proposed. …”
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Ethical Concerns in Sport: When the Will to Win Exceed the Spirit of Sport by Nancy Vargas-Mendoza, Tomás Fregoso-Aguilar, Eduardo Madrigal-Santillán, Ángel Morales-González, José A. Morales-González

“…Background: The need to advance and achieve success is deeply ingrained in human evolution. As a species, humans developed instincts that allowed them to survive and transmit their genes along generations. …”
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Different evolution acceptance instruments lead to different research findings by M. Elizabeth Barnes, Hayley M. Dunlop, Emily A. Holt, Yi Zheng, Sara E. Brownell

“…Results We found statistically significant differences in levels of evolution acceptance across the three student populations when using a human evolution acceptance instrument, but not when using a microevolution acceptance instrument. …”
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Numerical solution of a spatio-temporal predator-prey model with infected prey by Raimund Bürger, Gerardo Chowell, Elvis Gavilán, Pep Mulet, Luis M. Villada

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Reaching women in the Peruvian Andes through cervical cancer screening campaigns: assessing attitudes of stakeholders and patients by Luque JS, Maupin JN, Ferris DG, Guevara Condorhuaman WS

“…John S Luque,1 Jonathan N Maupin,2 Daron G Ferris,3,4 Wendy S Guevara Condorhuaman4 1Department of Public Health Sciences, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; 4CerviCusco, Cusco, Peru Background: Peru is characterized by high cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates. …”
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Fecal biomarkers and micromorphological indicators of sheep penning and flooring at La Fortaleza pre-Hispanic site (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands) by Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Héctor Padrón-Herrera, Eneko Iriarte, Verónica Alberto-Barroso, Marco Antonio Moreno-Benítez, Carolina Mallol

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Exercise Reduces Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Gonzalo Saco‐Ledo, Pedro L. Valenzuela, Gema Ruiz‐Hurtado, Luis M. Ruilope, Alejandro Lucia

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A mathematical model of weight loss under total starvation: evidence against the thrifty-gene hypothesis by John R. Speakman, Klaas R. Westerterp

“…This would allow definition of their advantage in famine conditions, and hence the likely selection pressure for such alleles to have spread over the time course of human evolution. We constructed a mathematical model of weight loss under total starvation using the established principles of energy balance. …”
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Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years by Carli Peters, Yiming Wang, Vikram Vakil, Jonathan Cramb, Joe Dortch, Scott Hocknull, Rochelle Lawrence, Tiina Manne, Carly Monks, Gertrud E. Rössner, Helen Ryan, Mikael Siversson, Tim Ziegler, Julien Louys, Gilbert J. Price, Nicole Boivin, Matthew J. Collins

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Stable isotopes unveil one millennium of domestic cat paleoecology in Europe by Magdalena Krajcarz, Wim Van Neer, Maciej T. Krajcarz, Danijela Popović, Mateusz Baca, Bea De Cupere, Quentin Goffette, Hans Christian Küchelmann, Anna Gręzak, Urszula Iwaszczuk, Claudio Ottoni, Katrien Van de Vijver, Jarosław Wilczyński, Anna Mulczyk, Jan Wiejacki, Daniel Makowiecki, Hervé Bocherens

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