Smallpox, Once Thought an Ancient Disease, May Have Emerged in More Recent Times, Raising Questions About Its Role in History
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 13:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New genetic research from an international team including McMaster University, University of Helsinki, Vilnius University and the University of Sydney, suggests that smallpox, a pathogen that caused millions of deaths worldwide, may not be an ancient disease but a much more modern killer that went on to become the first human disease eradicated by vaccination.