History is tainted. Like feces and parasites reveal the secrets of the past
History is tainted. Like feces and parasites reveal the secrets of the past MOSCOW, 24 Dec — RIA Novosti, Alfia Enikeeva. In the last few decades the study of coprolites — fossilized feces of humans and animals — has helped to answer many controversial questions. Paleontologists said the dinosaur’s diet (it turned out that some, such as sauropods, eating the wood), and historians have figured out how came to Jerusalem, the pilgrims and where exactly Hannibal crossed the Alps. Omnivorous Neanderthals For a long time it was believed that the Neanderthals who lived in Europe about three hundred thousand years ago, were solely carnivorous, not eating any plant foods. According to one hypothesis, it meat diet in the end and brought them to a standstill — which appeared in Europe 30-40 thousand years ago, more adaptable and omnivorous Homo sapiens supplanted predecessors. However, in 2013, this theory was refuted was