The discovery, led by evolutionary genomics researcher Davide Bozzi, pushes back the evidence for treponemal diseases, as ...
Analysis of a shin bone found in a rock cave in Colombia suggests the sexually transmitted disease is much older than ...
Researchers recovered ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia and reconstructed a genome related to Treponema pallidum. The lineage predates known syphilis strains by ~3,000 years, ...
Learn how ancient DNA from human remains revealed that syphilis circulated in the Americas thousands of years earlier than ...
A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.
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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis
A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...
Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...
Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...
The study of ancient DNA has revolutionised our understanding of human history, enabling scientists to decipher complex population dynamics over tens of thousands of years. By analysing genetic ...
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