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Ancient mummy DNA reveals chilling clue to deadly disease that swept the Americas - Fox News

Published by Fox News 13 August 2026 at 15:00
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Ancient mummy DNA reveals chilling clue to deadly disease that swept the Americas - Fox News
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Raising new questions about how the virus spread, ancient DNA from Chilean mummies provides the strongest genetic evidence to date that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas.

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