Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...
This protozoan causes dysentery and is notoriously difficult to detect in archaeological samples because, unlike worms, it ...
When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a ...
Cambridge researchers examined ancient sewer drain sediment and found the Roman soldiers were far from comfortable. They suffered from intestinal worms and diarrhea, according to a news release by ...
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 ...