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A Tale of Two Cesspits – Lifting the Lid on Mediaeval Gut Health – Technology Networks
Examination of 14th and 15th century latrines in Jerusalem and Riga, Latvia, identifies some of the microbes that colonized the gut of these pre-industrial popu…
Examination of 14th and 15th century latrines in Jerusalem and Riga, Latvia, identifies some of the microbes that colonized the gut of these pre-industrial populations and sheds light on how the human gut microbiome has changed since the Middle Ages.
Innovative methods for the reconstruction and determination of the DNA of ancient bacteria from archaeological finds have been groundbreaking in recent years in researching past epidemics. A new study now reports on the first attempt to use these m…
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