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Leaf beetles are among the most speciose herbivores on earth. Kirsch et al. show that multiple independent symbiont acquisitions and microbe-to-host horizontal gene transfers shaped the beetles’ reper...

As we mark 100 years since Australopithecus africanus was first described, molecular scientist Palesa Madupe explains how palaeoproteomics cast light on the biology of South African hominins.