A tale of two cesspits: DNA reveals intestinal health in Medieval Europe and Middle East

Cortez Deacetis

Graphic: Wooden latrine from medieval Riga, Latvia. watch more  Credit score: Uldis Kalejs A new study published this week in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Culture B demonstrates a initially attempt at applying the procedures of historical bacterial detection, pioneered in experiments of earlier epidemics, to characterise the microbial […]