Mapping 37,000 Years of Human Infectious Disease History
TL;DR
Scientists used ancient DNA from 37,000-year-old bones to create a timeline of human infections, revealing how diseases evolved with human culture, migration, and domestication, and highlighting the long history of zoonotic pathogens like plague and hepatitis B.
Topics:healthscience#ancientdna#archaeogenetics#diseaseevolution#humaninfections#microbialhistory#science
- Ancient DNA reveals 37,000 years of hidden human infections Earth.com
- The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia Nature
- A 37,000-Year Chronicle of What Once Ailed Us The New York Times
- Scientists create a 'map' of human infectious diseases spanning 37,000 years Live Science
- Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of human disease history University of Cambridge
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