TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeological material.

Links for this episode:

• T. rex had Trichomonas (PLoS One)
• King Richard III had worms (CNN)
• Discovery of toilets in Japan (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
• Paleoparasitology in the Old World (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
• Soils from Seoul (J Arachael Sci)
• Ancient parasite infections in Old World (pdf)
• Ascaris in coprolites (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
• Human intestinal parasites in the past (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
• Letters read on TWiP 61

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