Ancient feces reveal parasites in 8,000-year-old village of Çatalhöyük - Phys.org

Ancient feces reveal parasites in 8,000-year-old village of Çatalhöyük  Phys.org

Microscopic egg of whipworm from Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Black scale bar represents 20 micrometres. Image Credit: Evilena Anastasiou. New research published today in the journal Antiquity reveals that ancient faeces from the prehistoric village of Çatalhöyük have provided the earliest archaeological evidence for intestinal parasite infection in the mainland Near East. People first gave up hunting and gathering and turned to farming in the Near East, around 10,000 years ago. The settlement of Çatalhöyük is famous for being an incredibly well preserved early village founded around 7,100 BC. The p...



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