Paleoparasitology in Russia, history and prospects

Abstract

The science of paleoparasitology refers to parasitic animals and plants existing both in the recent past (including human history) and more remote periods of life on Earth. The history of paleoparasitology and its development in Old and New World countries is well-known, however, in Russia, the history of this science has hardly been considered. The present paper offers a review of Pleistocene findings of fossil parasites, parasitizing both mammals and humans, recorded in Russia. New data on the latest research in this field is presented.

Meta-proteomic analysis of the Shandrin mammoth by EVA technology and high-resolution mass spectrometry: what is its gut microbiota telling us?

“…Therefore, our identification of a protein of Prunus would be the first molecular evidence of the hypothesis above reported. On the other hand, previous studies on the intestine and stomach of Shandrin mammoth relate the identification of traces of the larvae of nematodes, even if it was not possible to reliably determine the species-specific endoparasite (Serdyuk 2018). Despite the limited Nematoda protein database, our metaproteomic analysis suggests the presence of Rhabditida, an order of phytoparasitic and zooparasitic microbivorous nematodes living in the soil.…”