Leprosy existed in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans, study reveals
Submitted 1 week ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to archaeology@mander.xyz
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-leprosy-americas-europeans-reveals.html
Submitted 1 week ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to archaeology@mander.xyz
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-leprosy-americas-europeans-reveals.html
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I was going to say this was pretty obvious just because armadillos being the only other animal susceptible was unlikely if they’d never been around it…
But apparently I missed the squirrel memo: