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Humans enjoyed beer and blue cheese 2,700 years ago, study finds
Summary by Ground News
Iron Age miners' excrement was found in the Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut area of Austria. Researchers were able to identify the microbes, proteins and DNA present in the poop samples. This allowed them to build a picture of the diet of Iron Age miners in this part of Europe, as well as the composition of their gut bacteria.