| [helminth eggs: trace elements of neolithic and paleolithic parasitosis on french sites]. | on the neolithic site of chalain (jura, france), the analysis of human coprolites has revealed the presence of many well preserved eggs of helminths: eggs of trichuris spp., capillaria spp., fasciola hepatica, diphyllobothrium spp. in the paleolithic picturial sanctuary of the grande grotte at arcy-sur-cure (yonne, france), eggs of ascaris spp. have been discovered. the presence of these parasits open a new way of search about the knowledge of ancient populations. | 1997 | 9404455 |