Dead guts spill history of extinct microbes: Fecal samples from archeological sites reveal evolution of human gut microbes
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 23:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Extinct microbes in fecal samples from archaeological sites across the world resemble those found in present-day rural African communities more than they resemble the microbes found in the gut of cosmopolitan US adults, according to new research.