At the dawn of the nineteenth century, when industrialization was shaking great Britain, the newly independent United States of America […]
Peak Pollution During the Industrial Revolution
More than a hundred years earlier, a new type of building appeared in the countryside of the English County of […]
Background infectious diseases: a world even more teeming with helminths
Imagine that you are a worm watching this great human drama. You, like everyone else, just want to live and […]
The Era of Epidemics
Five thousand years ago, human settlements became large enough to support epidemic diseases. How many people lived in these settlements? […]
Neolithic: from the mud of Eden to pandemics
About 12,000 years ago (or perhaps earlier), someone in the Levant deliberately planted the seeds, perhaps tended the seedlings, and […]
Health in the late Paleolithic
After leaving Africa some 45,000 years ago (probably even earlier), modern humans arrived in Australia and 40,000 years ago in […]
Human Evolution in the Exposition of Parasites
How we were infected by parasites? Almost all modern hunter-gatherer tribes, such as pygmies from Central Africa, chavante from Brazil […]
Homo Squalidus: the Filthy Primate
Judging by our natural parasitic load, Homo sapiens is among the dirtiest primates. This observation may be motivated by personal […]
Infection with helminths in Mexico
This brings us back to the experiment awaiting me. I pull off the highway into a Parking lot surrounded by […]
Understanding the immune system and the causes of its improper functioning
In all likelihood, you have at least heard about the many allergens (such as dust mites, peanuts and wood pollen) […]