Paleoparasitological investigations in Mongolia, Middle Asia and Russia

•Paleoparasitological investigations of animal dung in eastern and central Eurasia are reviewed.•The helminth eggs belong to late Glacial until premodern time.•The oldest radiocarbon date is 38,000 years BP.

A review of previous and original paleoparasitological investigations of animal dung deposits in Mongolia, Middle Asia, North Caucasus, and central European part of Russia is carried out. The age of deposits with helminth remains spans from ca. 38,000 years BP to premodern times. The composition of helminthes found in ancient feces of animals allows evaluation nutritional parameters of the past, and provides information on animal husbandry.

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