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DNA recovered from 1,000-year-old dried feces indicates that intestinal infections from pinworm or Shingella may have plagued ...

Archaeologists don’t always find bones or artifacts. Sometimes, they found something unglamorous that offers a unique type of ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ...

In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a cave in the Rio Zape Valley of Mexico. There were ancient human remains in the cave dated to between 660 and 1430 A.D., many of which belonged to ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ancient Mexican peoples ...