Leprosy was in the Americas centuries before Europeans arrived. Ancient DNA reveals a quiet epidemic with deep Indigenous roots. Rethinking disease history, one genome at a time. #Paleogenomics #Leprosy #AncientDNA #Anthropology #MicrobialHistory @science.org
Leprosy in the Americas Before Columbus
What Ancient Genomes Reveal About a Neglected Disease's Deep Roots in Indigenous History
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May 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Leprosy was in the Americas centuries before Europeans arrived. Ancient DNA reveals a quiet epidemic with deep Indigenous roots. Rethinking disease history, one genome at a time. #Paleogenomics #Leprosy #AncientDNA #Anthropology #MicrobialHistory @science.org
4,000-Year-Old Sheep Bone Shows Evidence of the Plague, a First Case Beyond Humans #Science #Biology #Microbiology #PlagueResearch #AncientDiseases #MicrobialHistory
4,000-Year-Old Sheep Bone Shows Evidence of the Plague, a First Case Beyond Humans
Learn about the first evidence of the Bronze Age plague in a non-human host, found in a sheep bone from Russia.
purescience.news
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
4,000-Year-Old Sheep Bone Shows Evidence of the Plague, a First Case Beyond Humans #Science #Biology #Microbiology #PlagueResearch #AncientDiseases #MicrobialHistory
Million-Year-Old Mammoth Tooth Carries Oldest Host-Associated Bacteria DNA Ever Found #Science #Biology #Microbiology #MammothTooth #AncientDNA #MicrobialHistory
Million-Year-Old Mammoth Tooth Carries Oldest Host-Associated Bacteria DNA Ever Found
Ancient bacterial DNA offers rare insights into how microbes evolved alongside their hosts and how they connect to species living today.
purescience.news
September 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Million-Year-Old Mammoth Tooth Carries Oldest Host-Associated Bacteria DNA Ever Found #Science #Biology #Microbiology #MammothTooth #AncientDNA #MicrobialHistory