1. Herodotus, the Scythes and hookworm infection.
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Crubezy, Eric, Magnaval, Jean-François, Francfort, Henry-Paul, Ludes, Bertrand, and Larrouy, Georges
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HOOKWORM disease , *ANCYLOSTOMA duodenale , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains , *HUMAN decomposition , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations , *ANTIQUITIES - Abstract
The article reports on findings of hookworm infection in corpses found in a frozen burial site in the Altai mountains of Berel, Kazakhstan, in 1999. Two partly decomposed bodies were found in the burial chamber, a man and a woman. The woman was buried several years later. Samples from both bodies were investigated by direct examination and other methods, and found to contain hookworm eggs. The closest zone for hookworm infection is found in the shores of the Aral or Caspian sea, or in Iran. These findings confirm that the Scythe people covered large areas in their nomadic travels.
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- 2006
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