Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...
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Microscopic analysis of Roman poop proves their engineering couldn’t save them from parasites
They zoomed in on Roman poop and found a trio of intestinal miseries: roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia duodenalis. At the Roman fort of Vindolanda, just south of Hadrian’s Wall, the Romans fought the ...
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Worms as particle sweepers: How simple movement, not intelligence, drives environmental order
When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a ...
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Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall suffered with intestinal worms, diarrhoea
Cambridge researchers examined ancient sewer drain sediment and found the Roman soldiers were far from comfortable. They suffered from intestinal worms and diarrhea, according to a news release by ...
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 ...
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