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A comment on Ancient DNA sheds light on what happened to the Taino, the native Caribbeans. Parent comment

Re:Ancient DNA sheds light on what happened to the Taino, th... by ebbv on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:09AM (#16420017)
1. I am implying no such thing. I didn’t bring up what was deliberate vs what wasn’t or anything of the sort. I said we should look at the results of colonization and learn from it. That’s it.

2. As already mentioned in the other response to your comment there are multiple documented cases of deliberate infection, if that’s where you want to go.

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Re:Ancient DNA sheds light on what happened to the Taino, th... by dmix on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:11PM (#16424247)
"Multiple documented cases" != the devastation of populations on every single island, and north and south America regions,

95-99% of the time they just had to show up for it to happen

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