Scientists studying 500-year-old Chilean mummies have uncovered the first DNA evidence of smallpox in the Americas

When European ships arrived in the Americas towards the end of the 15th century, they brought far more than soldiers and cargo. Infectious disease travelled alongside them, tearing through communities that had no prior exposure to it.

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