Publications by authors named "Daniel Istria"
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- Researchers found it hard to study old malaria cases in Europe because there wasn't enough preserved material, but they discovered that dental pulp (inside teeth) can help detect ancient parasites.
- They collected teeth from 23 people buried between the 9th and 13th centuries in Corsica and used advanced tests to find DNA and proteins.
- The tests showed that nine teeth had signs of malaria parasites, supporting what was known from history and giving more info about how malaria affected people in the Mediterranean a long time ago.
The goat (Capra hircus) is one of the earliest domesticated species ca. 10,500 years ago in the Middle-East where its wild ancestor, the bezoar (Capra aegagrus), still occurs. During the Neolithic dispersal, the domestic goat was then introduced in Europe, including the main Mediterranean islands.
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