Posted on 01/07/2016 7:00:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
Otzi the legendary “Iceman†wasn't alone when he was mummified on a glacier 5,300 years ago. With him were gut microbes known to cause some serious tummy trouble.
These bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, are providing fresh evidence about Otzi's diet and poor health in the days leading up to his murder. Intriguingly, they could also help scientists better understand who his people were and how they came to live in the region.
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Discovered in the 1990s, Otzi lived in what are today the Eastern Italian Alps, where he was naturally mummified by ice after his violent death. The body is astonishingly well preserved and has provided scientists with a wealth of information about the Iceman's life and death during the Copper Age.
For instance, various examinations have revealed his age, how he died, what he wore and what he ate. We know he suffered from heart and gum disease, gallbladder stones and parasites. His genome has been studied, relatives have been found and his 61 tattoos have been mapped.
The latest discovery not only adds to the Iceman's health woes, it offers hints of human migration patterns into Europe. While not everyone has H. pylori in their guts, the bacteria are so frequently found in human stomachs that their evolution into different strains can be used to help reconstruct migrations going back about 100,000 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
Middle Eastern refugees killed off Neanderthals 40,000 years ago. Look it up.
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Actually, according to this one thing I recently came across it may have been a volcanic eruption.
Essentially, Neanderthals, as rugged as they were, required a lot of calories and the majority their territory fell within the ash fall out of this one big blow. Where they were out from under the effects of the volcano, along the west coast of Europe, they persisted longer.
Oh yeah? Then what the heck am I, a "mirage"??
Forgive Throg, for he not have wisdom of the Old Ones.
Europeans have always been very violent!
Hillary plays the guitar? Dang.
For instance, various examinations have revealed his age, how he died, what he wore and what he ate. We know he suffered from heart and gum disease, gallbladder stones and parasites. His genome has been studied, relatives have been found and his 61 tattoos have been mapped.
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So much for the paleo diet.
I can see it. Hillary without the wig!
Good 'un. Really good.
I had a really terrible Helicobacter Pylori infection about four years ago.
The stupid Doctor I had at the time misdiagnosed it
I finally went to another Doctor and got it under control.
Take it from me the "cure" is almost as bad as the infection.
Especially at my age.
Ouch!
Thanks BenLurkin, bfl.
http://www.archaeology.org/news/4056-160107-iceman-helicobacter-pylori
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/eaob-pfi122915.php
While not everyone has H. pylori in their guts, the bacteria are so frequently found in human stomachs that their evolution into different strains can be used to help reconstruct migrations going back about 100,000 years.
btw, all, this topic has nothing to do with Neandertal.KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
I thought h. pylori caused irritation of the stomach lining, leading to heartburn and eventually, bleeding ulcers. What was it that made the curative prescriptions to be so bad? Back in the '90s simply dosing with amoxycillin and Peptobismol concurrently for about two weeks was the first cure discovered. What did you have to take?
(Just curious, seems as though curing the infection would be better than taking Zantac or Pepcid the rest of your life?)
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