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    Gut microbes across continents trace ancient human migration

    2026-10-08T11:33:00Z

    A new study has attempted to answer the question of whether homo sapiens hosted a characteristic and diverse microbiome going back millennia. Gaining insight into which, if any, long-term residents of the microbiome co-evolved with humans could point to ways to investigate how the loss of microbial diversity through industrialization impacts human biology.