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14,000-Year-Old Poop Found in Oregon Cave Turns Out to Be Human – Gizmodo Australia
For archaeologists, ancient bones and stone tools are important lines of evidence, but sometimes the answers to our past can be found in piles of human poop, as an important new analysis shows. From 2002 to 2010, archaeologists collected dozens of coprolites,…
For archaeologists, ancient bones and stone tools are important lines of evidence, but sometimes the answers to our past can be found in piles of human poop, as an important new analysis shows.
From 2002 to 2010, archaeologists collected dozens of coprolites, or dried-out poop, from Oregons Paisley Caves, the oldest of which were dated to 14,000 years ago. A genetic analysis of the coprolites suggested they came from humans, but some researchers questioned this result, citing possible contamina…
