Smallpox DNA in ancient Inca mummies shows virus came from Europe. The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular evidence that the virus was brought to the Americas from Europe
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Trechos de apoio da pauta: Smallpox affected Inca people after the arrival of Spanish conquistadorsFototeca Gilardi/Getty Images DNA samples collected from Inca mummies have confirmed the presence of a strain of smallpox that first emerged in Europe. “We interpreted this as the first direct molecular evidence of smallpox introduction into the Americas through European colonisation,” says Shigeki Nakagome at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
- Ponto de atenção: smallpox.
- Ponto de atenção: ancient.
- Ponto de atenção: inca.
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