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Just ask Dr. Meradeth Snow, UM researcher and co-chair of UM’s Department of Anthropology. </span></span>She was recently part of an international team that used human “paleofeces” to discover that ancient people had far different microorganisms living in their guts than we do in modern times.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section xmlns:v-bind="v-bind" xmlns:v-on="v-on" class="relative two-column-blob relative py-32 bg-sacramento" v-cloak="" data-ga-purpose="ga-faculty"> <div class="container grid-default gap-y-48"> <div class="relative overflow-hidden col-span-12 md:col-span-6 lg:col-span-5 order-2 lg:order-1 lg:col-start-2"> <div class="relative m-auto w-fit"> <div class="absolute inset-0 m-auto w-[80%] h-[80%] bg-pumpkin blob-animation-1"></div><svg class="relative w-full h-auto" width="527.987" height="575.9" viewbox="0 0 527.987 575.9"> <clipPath id="blob_d18e428" class="origin-center rotate-90"> <path class="" id="Path_d18e428" data-name="Path d18e428" d="M395.232,318.229c21.255-86.117,79.062-57.316,89.432-129.651,7.977-55.64-11.9-72.359-77.032-138.41C347.17-12.811,284.269-2.789,242.52,28.265,145.418,83.394,119.5-5.377,61.283,37.176c-79.61,58.2-67.859,146.068-31.091,226.936C70.519,334.024,119.3,435.19,215.586,418.83c99.487-21.528,158.434,3.945,179.646-100.6" transform="matrix(0.259, -0.966, 0.966, 0.259, -4.145, 468.771)" fill="#72253d"></path> </clipPath> <image preserveaspectratio="xMidYMid slice" width="100%" height="100%" href="/_resources/img/will-rice-camping-research.jpg" alt="" clip-path="url(#blob_d18e428)"></image></svg></div> </div> <div class="col-span-12 md:col-span-6 lg:col-span-4 order-1 md:order-2 lg:col-start-8 flex flex-col justify-center"> <div class="space-y-28 md:space-y-28"> <div class="space-y-24 md:space-y-16"> <div class="space-y-16 md:space-y-20"> <h2 class="text-beige-100 font-heading text-44 font-semibold leading-48 -tracking-30 italics">The art and science of camping</h2> <div class="text-block--wysiwyg min-w-fit text-beige-100 text-block--wysiwyg-dark prose prose-p:font-display prose-p:text-[19px] prose-p:font-regular prose-p:leading-[19px] prose-p:-tracking-300">For a nation that loves to camp, the past few summers have been fraught with more issues than mosquitoes and getting damp firewood to light. For many, just landing a site in a national park has been a logistical landmine, requiring more flexibility and fortitude than folding a six-person tent alone.<br><br>That challenge is one Will Rice, UM assistant professor of outdoor recreation and wildland management, has studied in depth. 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