Ewen Callaway

1 month ago | scientificamerican.com | Ewen Callaway

Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The virologist had recently started an independent group at the University of Tokyo and was trying to carve out a niche in the crowded field of HIV research. “I thought, ‘What can I do for the next 20 or 30 years?’”He found an answer in SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, that was rapidly spreading around the world.

1 month ago | spektrum.de | Ewen Callaway

Bericht Lesedauer ca. 3 Minuten DruckenTeilen Steinzeitliche Seefahrer: Europäische Jäger und Sammler paddelten nach NordafrikaWohl in einer Art Inselhopping via Sizilien scheinen Europäer und Nordafrikaner miteinander Handel getrieben haben. Das belegt jetzt die DNA eines Mannes aus Tunesien.

2 months ago | scientificamerican.com | Ewen Callaway

Thousands of years before Odysseus crossed the ‘wine-dark sea’ in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, hunter-gatherers might have island-hopped their way to Africa across the Mediterranean. The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and northeastern Algeria — shows that Stone Age populations who lived there more than 8,000 years ago were descended, in part, from European hunter-gatherers.

2 months ago | nature.com | Ewen Callaway

Thousands of years before Odysseus crossed the ‘wine-dark sea’ in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, hunter-gatherers might have island-hopped their way to Africa across the Mediterranean. The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and northeastern Algeria — shows that Stone Age populations who lived there more than 8,000 years ago were descended, in part, from European hunter-gatherers.

2 months ago | nature.com | Ewen Callaway

Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The virologist had recently started an independent group at the University of Tokyo and was trying to carve out a niche in the crowded field of HIV research. “I thought, ‘What can I do for the next 20 or 30 years?’”He found an answer in SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, that was rapidly spreading around the world.