Two 500-year-old mummies confirm Europeans brought smallpox to the Americas: ‘It came from the Old World’
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31 Jul, 08:29over 8 days8 Aug, 20:21
How it spread - 2 original reports
Fri, 31 July 2026
1 report- El Pais English08:29first to report
The oldest virus samples found on American soil had already fully adapted to humans
Sat, 8 August 2026
1 report- vice.com20:21
Researchers accidentally recovered variola DNA from two Indigenous adults buried during the early colonial era.