Smallpox DNA discovery: Researchers uncovered the first direct molecular evidence linking European colonists to the smallpox outbreak that devastated Indigenous populations in the Americas, as revealed through DNA analysis of ancient Chilean mummies.

NYT: Ancient smallpox DNA reveals how the virus may have evolved into a global killer.

Smallpox DNA discovery: Researchers uncovered the first direct molecular evidence linking European colonists to the smallpox outbreak that devastated Indigenous populations in the…