The mutual history of Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) and humans inscribed in genes and ancient literature.

ABSTRACT: Knowing how the present distribution of organisms was formed is an essential issue in evolutionary ecology. Recently, the distribution of organisms on Earth has been significantly changed by human-mediated dispersal due to globalization. Therefore, significant attention has been paid to such processes. However, although humankind has taken considerable time to achieve modernization, the impact of ancient human activity on ecosystems has not yet been thoroughly studied. We hypothesized that ancient urban development and transitions had a non-negligible effect on species distribution. Inferring the impact of past human activity on ecosystems from ancient literature and verifying that impact by genetic analysis and human history is an effective means of tackling this problem. As geckos, a pop

SUBMITTER: Chiba M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9802249 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature