DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ancient Mexican peoples, according to a study published October 22, 2025 in the ...
An international team of researchers has managed to reconstruct the health and sanitation conditions of the inhabitants of ...
Most helminths spread via human feces, especially in places where people defecate outside; when feces contains worm eggs, the soil it touches becomes contaminated, and if that soil is used to grow ...
A new study analyzed urine and feces in Roman chamber pots to understand the ...
In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a cave in the Rio Zape Valley of Mexico. There were ancient human remains in the cave dated to between 660 and 1430 A.D., many of which belonged to ...