What Can You Learn From Ancient Poop

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Fossilized poop, called coprolites, can reveal surprising secrets about the past. • Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! / gross_science ‖ Tumblr! / grossscience • ↓Want more info?↓ • More on • Coprolite preservation and analysis: • University of California Museum of Paleontology: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fo... • Daniel Lametti, Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_... • Karl Reinhard: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/vie... • Karen Chin, Paleontological Society Papers, V8 2002: http://www.yale.edu/ypmip/predation/C... • For more on the Lloyds Bank turd from York, UK (Viking coprolite): • http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryofthewor... http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkasprak/i... • http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/ju... • Review paper about plant and animal remains in ancient york: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/1174/ • • Coprolites found in Puerto Rico: • Nature News article by Sara Reardon: http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-fa... • Primary research papers: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... and http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... • Cangrande della Scala’s poison-filled coprolites: • Primary research paper (behind a paywall): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/... • Discovery news coverage: http://news.discovery.com/history/arc... • -- • Host, Producer • Anna Rothschild • Writer, Animator, Editor, DP, Sound • Rachel Becker • Many thanks to Dr. Dennis Jenkins, Dr. Karen Chin, Dr. Hendrik Poinar, Dr. Andrew Knoll, and Dr. Ainara Sistiaga. • Menu Ouvrier • Music Provided by APM • • Images and Video • Lloydsbankcoprolite 001 • Wikimedia Commons/ Linda Spashett Storye book • Stone texture l1 • DeviantArt/enframed (Stock-unrestricted) • Cangrande1 (mummy) • Wikimedia Commons/Gino Fornaciairi • Cangrande.portrait • Wikimedia Commons/Frn Brz • spetti di vita quotidiana, vomito,Taccuino Sanitatis (Vomiting man) • Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain • Matricaria recutita (chamomile) • Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain • Morus alba Blanco1 (mulberry) • Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain • • SFX • Cockroaches • Freesound/StateAardvark¬ • (used with permission from author) • Squeak Pack/squeak_10 • Freesound/Corsica_S • Groaning gurgle • SoundsExciting/Public Domain • Short Fart_01 • DSISStudios/Public Domain • Pop • Anagar/Public Domain • Squelch • Billox30/Public Domain • Additional adorable sound effects • Rachel Becker • Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios

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