Tuesday 15 April 2014

The Gut Microbes of African Hunter-Gatherers Surprise Scientists

In Western Tanzania tribes of wandering foragers called Hadza eat a diet of roots, berries, and game. According to a new study, their guts are home to a microbial community unlike anything that’s been seen before in a modern human population — providing, perhaps, a snapshot of what the human gut microbiome looked like before […]

















from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/3965a618/sc/32/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A140C0A40Chadza0Ehunter0Egatherer0Egut0Emicrobiome0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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