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The Internal, External and Extended Microbiomes of Hominins
- Source :
- Dunn, R R, Amato, K R, Archie, E A, Arandjelovic, M, Crittenden, A N & Nichols, L M 2020, ' The Internal, External and Extended Microbiomes of Hominins ', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, 25 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00025, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 8 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The social structure of primates has recently been shown to influence the composition of their microbiomes. What is less clear is how the microbiome composition of primates might influence their social behavior, either in general or with particular reference to hominins. Here we use a comparative approach to understand how microbiomes of hominins have, or might have, changed since the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans, roughly six million years ago. We focus on microbiomes associated with social evolution, namely those hosted or influenced by stomachs, intestines, armpits, and food fermentation. In doing so, we highlight the potential influence of microbiomes in hominin evolution while also offering a series of hypotheses and questions with regard to evolution of human stomach acidity, the factors structuring gut microbiomes, the functional consequences of changes in armpit ecology, and whether Homo erectus was engaged in fermentation. We conclude by briefly considering the possibility that hominin social behavior was influenced by prosocial microbes whose fitness was favored by social interactions among individual hominins.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Most recent common ancestor
prosocial microbes
Ecology (disciplines)
primates
lcsh:Evolution
Biology
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Human stomach
lcsh:QH540-549.5
lcsh:QH359-425
Microbiome
fermentation
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
armpits
Ecology
alcohol
food
biology.organism_classification
Six million
030104 developmental biology
Prosocial behavior
feces
Evolutionary biology
lcsh:Ecology
Social evolution
Homo erectus
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dunn, R R, Amato, K R, Archie, E A, Arandjelovic, M, Crittenden, A N & Nichols, L M 2020, ' The Internal, External and Extended Microbiomes of Hominins ', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, 25 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00025, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 8 (2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0959208bddfeb3dc1ba02bc5db228c38
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00025