The Conversation Africa August 29, 2026 • 14:20

Manuscripts and art support archaeological evidence that syphilis was in Europe long before explorers could have brought it home from the Americas - Yahoo News Canada

By Marylynn Salmon, Smith College

Manuscripts and art support archaeological evidence that syphilis was in Europe long before explorers could have brought it home from the Americas - Yahoo News Canada

The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphil...

That the arrival of Europeans in the New World in 1492 led to a massive shift in the ecological landscape has been widely accepted for the past 50 years. Suddenly a trans-Atlantic exchange maize for … [+7500 chars]

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