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Inca Mummies Prove Europeans Brought Smallpox to the Americas | Ancient Origins

from The Ancient Origins News Desk · host Gary Manners

Ancient DNA from 500-year-old Inca mummies in Chile provides the first molecular evidence that European colonizers brought smallpox to the Americas.

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