G M Giovanna Manzi

Lifestyle impacts the oral microbiome of Classical and Post-classical societies in Italy

This study examines how lifestyle differences between social classes in Classical and Post-classical Italy are reflected in their oral microbiomes, finding significant variations across time periods and social classes.

Severe bottleneck of ancient Homo populations: Insights from computational modeling and fossil evidence

The paper uses computational modeling and fossil evidence to show a severe population bottleneck in ancient Homo around 930,000 years ago, linked to hominin dispersals and brain size increase.