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Posted on 12/20/2011 1:17:42 PM PST by decimon
More evidence emerges to support that the progenitor of syphilis came from the New World
Skeletons don't lie. But sometimes they may mislead, as in the case of bones that reputedly showed evidence of syphilis in Europe and other parts of the Old World before Christopher Columbus made his historic voyage in 1492.
None of this skeletal evidence, including 54 published reports, holds up when subjected to standardized analyses for both diagnosis and dating, according to an appraisal in the current Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. In fact, the skeletal data bolsters the case that syphilis did not exist in Europe before Columbus set sail.
"This is the first time that all 54 of these cases have been evaluated systematically," says George Armelagos, an anthropologist at Emory University and co-author of the appraisal. "The evidence keeps accumulating that a progenitor of syphilis came from the New World with Columbus' crew and rapidly evolved into the venereal disease that remains with us today."
The appraisal was led by two of Armelagos' former graduate students at Emory: Molly Zuckerman, who is now an assistant professor at Mississippi State University, and Kristin Harper, currently a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University. Additional authors include Emory anthropologist John Kingston and Megan Harper from the University of Missouri.
"Syphilis has been around for 500 years," Zuckerman says. "People started debating where it came from shortly afterwards, and they haven't stopped since. It was one of the first global diseases, and understanding where it came from and how it spread may help us combat diseases today."
(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...
It’s very strange that animals for the most part were never domesticated in the new world and that the wheel was never developed.
syphilis started during those long sea voyages
syphilis started during those long sea voyages
butt I could be wrong LOL
They used to blame Europeans for bringing smallpox to the “pristine and innocent” New World... until a few years ago when proof was found in Peruvian mummies that smallpox was here at least 500 years before Columbus.
Another cliche bites the dust.
Yes, especially considering how they were pretty good at math and astronomy.
Doesn’t make sense.
Certainly possible.
That whole South America thing has had me wondering for years. Some of the monuments, roads, etc around Lake Titicaca are as impressive, if not more so, than anything found in Asia. Thousands of square miles of detailed, architected farmlands and terraces. The high altitude pics of the region are just mind boggling.
My High School health/gym teacher used to tell us - when you have sex with someone, just remember you are having sex with everyone they also had sex with.
The natives gave the world tobacco as well.
I’m sorry, but this just cannot be true. It doesn’t fit the Leftist agenda.
So poof! it will disappear.
No. But if you & your descendants play your cards right, and are patient, you might be allowed to build a casino in your backyard.
But if he had not been molesting the wogs in the first place, he would not have contracted the disease!!! And brought it home to Isabella!
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post hoc ergo propter hoc? Something like that?
I mean, Post hoc ergo propter hoc? Something like that?
I should note that the fault may lie in the reportage... the actual study would have to make some sense to get by peer review. Possibly, the skeletons all showed markers of exposure to something no other contemporary skeletons of Europeans showed?
titi-caca. heh. heh.
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Translation: WASP Honkey.........
OSIC (Olive Spanish Italian Catholic).
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