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Category: General Interest; Microbial Genetics and Molecular Biology
Past Intestinal Parasites, Page 1 of 2
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The study of ancient parasites, paleoparasitology, is an area of parasitology that evolved as a research field combining archaeology, anthropology, biology, and health sciences ( 1 ). It aims to detect parasite traces in ancient samples and to study parasitism evolution over time and space ( 2 ). This research field covers the study of parasites in humans and other animal remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites.
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Egg of the whipworm, Trichuris spp., with preserved polar plugs, recovered in the archaeological site of Torwiesen II, Germany (55 × 29 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)
Egg of the whipworm, Trichuris spp., with preserved polar plugs, recovered in the archaeological site of Torwiesen II, Germany (55 × 29 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)
Egg of the roundworm, Ascaris spp., recovered in a medieval archaeological site in Laon, France (70 × 45 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)
Egg of the roundworm, Ascaris spp., recovered in a medieval archaeological site in Laon, France (70 × 45 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)
Egg of the horse pinworm, Oxyuris equi, recovered in the archaeological site of Berel, Kazakhstan (81 × 40 µm). (Photo: B. Dufour.)
Egg of the horse pinworm, Oxyuris equi, recovered in the archaeological site of Berel, Kazakhstan (81 × 40 µm). (Photo: B. Dufour.)