Ancient Parasite Found in Mesopotamian Tomb

[Still Waters]

Some of the earliest evidence of a human parasite infection has been unearthed in an ancient burial site in Syria.

The egg of a parasite that still infects people today was found in the burial plot of a child who lived 6,200 years ago in an ancient farming community.

http://www.livescien...ound-syria.html

[regeneratia]

Ah the costs of civilization. In HuffPo, a poster comments wittingly "That is obviously a Goa'uld!!"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/20/ancient-parasite-egg-skeleton-child_n_5514496.html?utm_hp_ref=science