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Rare microbiomes from two 4000-year-old teeth could help scientists further understand the impact dietary changes had on the evolution of a cavity-causing bacteria.

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In fact, the researchers found that the rate of evolution leading to changes in amylase gene copy number was 10,000 times faster than that of single DNA base pair changes in the human genome.