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1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico’s ‘Cave of the Dead Children’

1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico’s ‘Cave of the Dead Children’

Scientists analyzing 1,300-year-old human feces from the Cave of the Dead Children in Mexico have discovered that people often dealt with nasty intestinal infections more than a millennium ago. “Working with these ancient samples was like opening a biological time capsule, with each one revealing insight into human health and daily life,” study lead author Drew Capone, an assistant professor …

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