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Florentine Codex via Wikimedia Commons

By Stephen Beech

Ancient smallpox genomes have revealed how European colonization carried the deadly disease to the Americas.

Ancient smallpox genomes reveal how European colonisation took it to the Americas

Bruno Romero González and Dr. Shigeki Nakagome in Trinity College Dublin. (Thomas Deane via SWNS)

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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala via Wikimedia Commons

Ancient smallpox genomes reveal how European colonisation took it to the Americas

Dr. Shigeki Nakagome and Dr. Lara Cassidy in Trinity College Dublin's Front Square. (Trinity College Dublin via SWNS)

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