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Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus -- and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world; Revolutionary ancient DNA evidence indicates that Homo sapiens finished off Neanderthals through deadly infectious diseases

Source :
The Guardian (London, England). May 30, 2024
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Byline: Jonathan Kennedy Less than a decade ago, the American anthropologist James C Scott described infectious diseases as the 'loudest silence' in the prehistoric archaeological record. Epidemics must have devastated [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02613077
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
The Guardian (London, England)
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
edsgcl.795819150