TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped

15/10/2013 1h 14min
TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped

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Episode Synopsis

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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