Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021

Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by xanaxagoras on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:06AM (#28944588)

Is there a reason to assume disease couldn't have come into existence in this native population itself?

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Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by krrrh on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:37AM (#28945087)

If a disease native to the Americas emerged and became endemic, it would have infected Europeans when they arrived. There’s a good CGP Grey video on this called Americapox.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk

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