Subdeacon Joe Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01271-9?utm_source=EA Highlights • Gut microbiome and diet of European salt miners determined using paleofeces • Until the Baroque, the microbiome resembled that of modern non-Westernized people • Food-fermenting fungi in Iron Age feces indicates blue cheese and beer consumption Summary We subjected human paleofeces dating from the Bronze Age to the Baroque period (18th century AD) to in-depth microscopic, metagenomic, and proteomic analyses. The paleofeces were preserved in the underground salt mines of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hallstatt in Austria. This allowed us to reconstruct the diet of the former population and gain insights into their ancient gut microbiome composition. Our dietary survey identified bran and glumes of different cereals as some of the most prevalent plant fragments. This highly fibrous, carbohydrate-rich diet was supplemented with proteins from broad beans and occasionally with fruits, nuts, or animal food products. Due to these traditional dietary habits, all ancient miners up to the Baroque period have gut microbiome structures akin to modern non-Westernized individuals whose diets are also mainly composed of unprocessed foods and fresh fruits and vegetables. This may indicate a shift in the gut community composition of modern Westernized populations due to quite recent dietary and lifestyle changes. When we extended our microbial survey to fungi present in the paleofeces, in one of the Iron Age samples, we observed a high abundance of Penicillium roqueforti and Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA. Genome-wide analysis indicates that both fungi were involved in food fermentation and provides the first molecular evidence for blue cheese and beer consumption in Iron Age Europe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Indistinguishable paleofeces, disparate eon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 What a crock of sh ...... tuff ! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Well you would feed prisoners and slaves the cheap stuff. Fermented food keeps without refrigeration longer, beer is calorie intensive and is a sedative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Studying ancient terds in salt mines has got to be one of those government sponsored jobs. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 Just now, Badlands Bob #61228 said: Studying ancient terds in salt mines has got to be one of those government sponsored jobs. Grad student projects. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Ancient miners had a diet ‘. . . mainly composed of unprocessed foods.’ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 29 minutes ago, Ozark Huckleberry said: Ancient miners had a diet ‘. . . mainly composed of unprocessed foods.’ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 well CRAP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01271-9?utm_source=EA Highlights • Gut microbiome and diet of European salt miners determined using paleofeces • Until the Baroque, the microbiome resembled that of modern non-Westernized people • Food-fermenting fungi in Iron Age feces indicates blue cheese and beer consumption Summary We subjected human paleofeces dating from the Bronze Age to the Baroque period (18th century AD) to in-depth microscopic, metagenomic, and proteomic analyses. The paleofeces were preserved in the underground salt mines of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hallstatt in Austria. This allowed us to reconstruct the diet of the former population and gain insights into their ancient gut microbiome composition. Our dietary survey identified bran and glumes of different cereals as some of the most prevalent plant fragments. This highly fibrous, carbohydrate-rich diet was supplemented with proteins from broad beans and occasionally with fruits, nuts, or animal food products. Due to these traditional dietary habits, all ancient miners up to the Baroque period have gut microbiome structures akin to modern non-Westernized individuals whose diets are also mainly composed of unprocessed foods and fresh fruits and vegetables. This may indicate a shift in the gut community composition of modern Westernized populations due to quite recent dietary and lifestyle changes. When we extended our microbial survey to fungi present in the paleofeces, in one of the Iron Age samples, we observed a high abundance of Penicillium roqueforti and Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA. Genome-wide analysis indicates that both fungi were involved in food fermentation and provides the first molecular evidence for blue cheese and beer consumption in Iron Age Europe This sounds like it was a crappy job! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 With all that mining, did they strike it rich or did they end up Baroque ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Hey, if it's not Baroque don't fix it... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I know about paleofeces. Constipation is a b***h! Some of that stuff should have exited in the 20th century. I know, I know, too much information. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Turds memorialized… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleofeces Son: “Hey Mom…Dad, I have decided to go for my PhD in Archeology studying Paleofeces”. Mom: ”That’s nice, Honey. Whatever makes you happy.” Dad: (grumbling) ”I worked hard all my life so my kid wouldn’t have to grow up taking sh** from anybody and now he wants to run off and play in caveman sh**!…at $75,000 a year for school and a job that pays him $50,000 per year! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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