[Helminth eggs: trace elements of neolithic and paleolithic parasitosis on French sites].
On the neolithic site of Chalain (Jura, France), the analysis of human coprolites has revealed the presence of many well preserved eggs of Helminths: eggs of Trichuris spP., Capillaria spp., Fasciola hepatica, Diphyllobothrium spP. In the paleolithic picturial sanctuary of the Grande Grotte at Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne, France), eggs of Ascaris spP. have been discovered. The presence of these parasits open a new way of search about the knowledge of ancient populations.
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Université de Reims, Laboratoire de Paléoparasitologie URA1415-CNRS, France.
D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria / Q000196:embryology; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000196:embryology; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000196:embryology; D005602:France; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000266:history*; D006376:Helminths / Q000196:embryology*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010063:Ovum; D010163:Paleontology; D014131:Trace Elements; D014258:Trichuris / Q000196:embryology
D014131:Trace Elements