Bacteria in meat-eaters’ stomachs today reveal what was on the menu for the first humans
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A distinct variant of Helicobacter pylori, which arose hundreds of thousands of years ago and spread around the world with us, shows that the genetic variation found in the bacteria in our stomachs today can reveal what our ancestors ate.
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