Abhishikta Ghosh Roy

Resilient microbiome and biocultural adaptation: insights from the gut microbiota of India’s particularly vulnerable tribal groups

The human gut microbiome reflects biocultural history but remains largely unexplored in India’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), who maintain strong ecological and traditional subsistence relationships. We analysed 234 gut microbiome samples from six communities acr...

Self-reported aggressiveness does not follow facial masculinization in diverse South Asian populations

Abstract It has been suggested that sexually dimorphic facial traits are related to competitive behavior and aggression, but empirical evidence remains inconsistent and is based on a small number of populations and culturally homogeneous samples. We have combined geometric morpho...