Global Health: Clue to Disease’s Spread in a 6,200-Year-Old Grave

Monday, June 30, 2014 - 23:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The oldest Schistosoma egg ever found was unearthed recently in Syria, suggesting that ancient Mesopotamians may have helped spread the parasite that causes bilharzia.

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