[decimon]

Lay of the land ping.

[Larry Lucido]

Randy skeletons?

[Paladin2]

Note to Europe:

Don't F**k with the New World.

[americanophile]

Can we start protesting the native Americans?

[jagusafr]

B-b-b-b-but I thought it was Columbus, et al who contaminated the pristine, innocent Children of the New World! My cosmos is upended.../sarc

[dog breath]

Score one for the natives, numerous new introduced infectious diseases wiped out the native population like a bad sci-fi doomsday scenario. They had to at least send something nasty back in return.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: skeletal data bolsters the case that syphilis did not exist in Europe before Columbus set sail. ::

How does this prove that syph came from the “New World”? Bad logic.

Isn’t this one of those “multiple latin words” type of arguments?

[Just another Joe]

So, is there any evidence of the disease in the "New World" before the Columbus voyage?

And since Columbus wasn't the first to set foot on the land, why wasn't the disease brought back by others? Chance? WSas it only the Columbus crew that had a sexual encounter with a disease bearer?

[SERKIT]

....subjected to standardized analyses for both diagnosis and dating....

Usually when a person is the subject of dating, that is when syphilis occurs. Just use protection when dating.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

the human skull is kind of creepy.

[RatRipper]

Another take on Montezuma’s revenge. Europeans killed the natives with European diseases and the natives returned the favor with syphilis.

That means we are even, we can keep their land and name our football mascots after them. I call that a good day’s work.

[fso301]

bump

[PGR88]

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.

[Shimmer1]

I’m sorry, but this just cannot be true. It doesn’t fit the Leftist agenda.
So poof! it will disappear.

[Hot Tabasco]

The evidence keeps accumulating that a progenitor of syphilis came from the New World with Columbus' crew

Translation: WASP Honkey.........

[bert]

Have there been any studies of syphilis on the bones of precolmbian Scottish shepherds

[ThanhPhero]

They don’t know how it spreads?

[arthurus]

The great thing about science is constantly being able to understand things in a new light.

Except, of course, for Anthropogenic Global Warming. That is Received dogma and cannot be altered by evidence or proof.

[SatinDoll]

About thirty years ago I remember reading about the remains of a mummified bear, 7000 years old, found in Missouri. This bear had syphyllis.

Such a disease can be a blood-borne infection. It is entirely possible for a disease to have originated with animals, spread by biting and scratching, and end up with humans infected through non-sexual means.

I’m suggesting it as a possibility.

[blueunicorn6]

Here were all these Chinese, sitting around in North America, enjoying a good bowl of moo goo gai pan when the Europeans came along. You think we bought Manhattan from the Chinese for twenty four bucks? Wait til you see what they charge us to buy our country back from them.