Smallpox Found in Lithuanian Mummy Could Rewrite Virus' History

Friday, December 9, 2016 - 18:21 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The mummy of a child discovered in a crypt beneath a Lithuanian church harbors the oldest sample found to date of the virus that causes smallpox, a new report said.

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