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Study of isolated Amazonian tribe shows how modern life is changing human bodily bacteria

Everyone's body is brimming with bacteria, and these microbes do plenty of good things like building the immune system and helping digestion.

But modern diets, antibiotics and hygiene seem to be reducing the range of microbes occupying our anatomy.

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