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To: SunkenCiv

I attended an archaeology lecture in Alaska some years back.

The lecturer had unearthed the remains of an Eskimo teen that carbon-dated at 14,000 years. His skeleton showed signs of damage from a tuberculosis infection.

Many diseases have been “friends” of humans a lot longer than we realize.


12 posted on 06/02/2012 11:42:01 PM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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To: 43north

Thanks, I’ll have to look into that one.


13 posted on 06/03/2012 9:33:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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