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Re:Medieval DNA suggests Columbus didn’t trigger syphilis ep... by xhkkffbf on Monday August 24, 2020 @08:14PM (#24266942)
Well, there were more than one sailor on the expedition -- and there's no reason why one sailor couldn't bring back multiple strains. In some cases, a dominant strain drives out the others, but not in all microbes.
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Re:Medieval DNA suggests Columbus didn’t trigger syphilis ep... by raducu on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:56PM (#24274713)
Am I missing something here?

Why is this about Columbus, the skeletons are dated mid 1400's - 1600's.

This is quite ridiculous. This is like that one star that is like 80 million years older than the Big Bang, in the estimated age range.

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