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Genetic analysis of Chilean mummies provides the first scientific proof that European colonists introduced smallpox to the Americas.
New genetic analysis of Chilean mummies provides a direct link between European colonization and the spread of smallpox in the Americas.
Ancient mummy DNA reveals that smallpox brought by European colonization may have been less deadly than later strains.
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