Medieval Jerusalem latrine may hold secrets of modern-era gut diseases

Jerusalem Post ^ | OCTOBER 5, 2020 | HANNAH BROWN

[SJackson]

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Something funny about the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B at Cambridge University investigating old latrines, though many philosophical breakthroughs were probably made there.

[treetopsandroofs]

“We found that the microbiome at Jerusalem and Riga had some common characteristics – they did show similarity to modern hunter gatherer microbiomes and modern industrial microbiomes, but were different enough that they formed their own unique group. We don’t know of a modern source that harbors the microbial content we see here.”

Until I looked it up, I did not know that microbiomes were hunter gatherers.

There might have been a better way to state that the microbiomes were found in hunter gatherers. ;-)

[Eleutheria5]

No sh!t.

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[Magnum44]

[SJackson]

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[SJackson]

We’ll soon have Jerusalem probiotics advertised on cable tv, in the tradition of hunter-gathers.

[Bayard]

Fossilized poo tells us how much has changed in our health from the past.

I’m frankly glad we have fewer parasites these days.

[Fungi]

I once knew a man who specialized in fecal mushroom spores. You don’t want to know how he studied them.

[dfwgator]

I’m frankly glad we have fewer parasites these days.

They're all in Washington DC.

[Magnum44]

[mad_as_he$$]

I have excavated many old latrines in the Western part of the US. Treasure trove of old bottles, coins, buttons and the occasional gun. Never tried to identify microbes though.

[Magnum44]

[Mr Ramsbotham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvOgAPa_mkw

[Eleutheria5]

I sh!t. Therefore I am!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! This should help to wipe away misconceptions.

/rimshot!

Prehistoric waste piles have preserved the diets and other interests of otherwise undocumented people.

[SunkenCiv]

• Hang On Poopy Based on the performance by The McCoys

[blueunicorn6]

“Hi Dave! What’s that son of yours doing these days?”

“He looks at shirt under a microscope.”

“You mean like at a hospital?”

“No, in a tent.”

“I see. Tell him he can keep those gloves he borrowed.”

[blueunicorn6]

Always carry one of those little troll dolls when you are out backpacking.

Drop it in your latrine hole before you go.

A thousand years from now, some archeologist will dig your latrine up and write a paper about how we were eating little plastic people.