The early turd...

• Autores: Kate Ravilious
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2914, 2013, págs. 44-45
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ravilious talks about the human excrement that was deposited thousands of years ago is not fresh. For Piers Mitchell and others, these ancient feces record some of the key moments in humanity's history, revealing aspects of lifestyles that traditional archaeology cannot. From hygiene habits to the emergence of farming, people's lives are logged. Most lifestyle insights are coming from the critters inside preserved poo--specifically, the eggs of parasitic worms that once wriggled around in the gut.