Amber discovery indicates Lyme disease is older than human race
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 13:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Lyme disease is a stealthy, often misdiagnosed disease that was only recognized about 40 years ago, but new discoveries of ticks fossilized in amber show that the bacteria which cause it may have been lurking around for 15 million years – long before any humans walked on Earth.