Neolithic builders who constructed Stonehenge infected by parasitic worms from raw food

Neolithic builders of Stonehenge acquired intestinal parasites from raw or uncooked fish and meat

A recent study published Cambridge University Press has discovered that the Neolithic builders of Stonehenge suffered from endoparasites which they had contracted from the raw foods that they ate or the food was undercooked. The researchers analysed 19 samples of fossilised faeces in a “midden” …

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