1,000-year-old gut microbiome revealed for young man who lived in pre-Hispanic Mexico

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Source: Rene Cerritos Flores, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Analysis of preserved feces and intestinal tissue has revealed specific types of bacteria that were present in the microbiome of a young adult man who lived in Mexico about 1,000 years ago, prior to Spanish colonization. 

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