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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 days ago

Oldest known bacterial DNA found in a mammoth that lived more than a million years ago

Ancient DNA from mammoth remains reveals preserved oral and internal bacteria, including pathogen relatives that could have caused lethal infections in mammoths and modern elephants.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

Did Disease Defeat Napoleon?

New research suggests pathogens, not just environmental factors, contributed significantly to Napoleon's army death toll during the 1812 Russian campaign.
Public health
fromNature
1 month ago

The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia - Nature

Pathogens have critically influenced human evolution and health, contributing to high mortality rates historically.
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