Paleofeces Human feces
paleofeces, known coprolites, ancient human feces, found part of archaeological excavations or surveys. intact feces of ancient people may found in caves in arid climates , in other locations suitable preservation conditions. these studied determine diet , health of people produced them through analysis of seeds, small bones, , parasite eggs found inside. may analyzed chemically more in-depth information on individual excreted them, using lipid analysis , dna analysis. success rate of usable dna extraction relatively high in paleofeces, making more reliable skeletal dna retrieval.
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