Study: Seals Infected Early Americans With Tuberculosis 74
mdsolar writes that a study suggests that tuberculosis first appeared in the New World less than 6,000 years ago and it was brought here by seals. After a remarkable analysis of bacterial DNA from 1,000-year-old mummies, scientists have proposed a new hypothesis for how tuberculosis arose and spread around the world. The disease originated less than 6,000 years ago in Africa, they say, and took a surprising route to reach the New World: it was carried across the Atlantic by seals. The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has already provoked strong reactions from other scientists. "This is a landmark paper that challenges our previous ideas about the origins of tuberculosis," said Terry Brown, a professor of biomolecular archaeology at the University of Manchester. "At the moment, I'm still in the astonished stage over this."
Africa man... (Score:3, Funny)
But but... (Score:5, Funny)
She told me she was a mermaid!!
Don't worry (Score:0, Funny)
They'll figure out a way to still blame white people.
Re:But but... (Score:5, Funny)
clubbing (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No problem (Score:5, Funny)
"Looks like you've blown a seal." "Just fix it and leave my personal life out of this."