Stanford Scientists Discover We’ve Lost Ancient Gut Microbes That Traveled With Humans for Thousands of Years

Stanford Scientists Discover We’ve Lost Ancient Gut Microbes That Traveled With Humans for Thousands of Years

Scientists comparing the gut microbiomes of two geographically distant populations uncovered surprising similarities despite thousands of years of separation. Hundreds of bacterial species missing from modern human guts may have accompanied our ancestors for tens of thousands of years. A Stanford University study published October 7 in Nature found that two populations separated by continents [...]

UCSB and Stanford Study Uncovers Shared Ancient Gut Bacteria Across Continents

Written by Sonia Fernandez: What do the Tsimané of lowland Bolivia have in common with the Hadza of Tanzania? Aside from their mostly nonindustrial lifestyles and the ocean between them […] The post UCSB and Stanford Study Uncovers Shared Ancient Gut Bacteria Across Continents appeared first on edhat.

Your Gut Bacteria May Carry Clues to Ancient Human Journeys

Bacteria living in people’s guts may preserve traces of journeys their ancestors made tens of thousands of years ago. Stanford researchers found striking similarities between gut microbes in two Indigenous populations living on different continents. The findings suggest that many microbes traveled with humans during ancient migrations and remained with their descendants for generations. They […]