Microbiome characterization of a pre-Hispanic man from Zimapán, Mexico: Insights into ancient gut microbial communities (IMAGE)

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Microbiome characterization of a pre-Hispanic man from Zimapán, Mexico: Insights into ancient gut microbial communities

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Remains of the Zimapán Man and Location Where He Was Found. Map of Mexico highlighting in red the state of Hidalgo and the locality of Zimapán, where the individual was recovered. Brown and green shading indicate the regions of Aridoamerica (brown) and Mesoamerica (green), B) Mortuary bundle and remains of the Zimapán individual, and C) Samples of paleofeces from the Zimapán individual.

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Rosas-Plaza et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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