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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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Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
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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
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
Subscribe
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
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