Scientists say a species of bacteria rewrites the history of when an infectious and potentially deadly disease first arrived in the Americas. And it was long before the arrival of European explorers.
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Status, not sickness, determined where medieval Danes were buried
In A Nutshell Medieval Danish cemeteries show no spatial segregation of leprosy or TB sufferers: diseased individuals were buried alongside healthy neighbors Burial location was determined by social ...
In the dry, windswept valleys of Northern Chile, two ancient skeletons are changing how scientists understand the history of a disease that has long carried both medical and cultural weight. Their ...
A form of leprosy affected people in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans, contrary to popular belief. “The narrative around leprosy has been always been that it’s this awful disease that ...
Medieval Christian burials in Denmark were likely more influenced by money than supposed outward markers of sin, according to new research.
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