Past Intestinal Parasites

International audienceThe study of ancient parasites, paleoparasitology, is an area of parasitology that evolved as a research field combining archaeology, anthropology, biology, and health sciences ( 1 ). It aims to detect parasite traces in ancient samples and to study parasitism evolution over time and space ( 2 ). This research field covers the study of parasites in humans and other animal remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites