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Ancient Mummy DNA Offers Scientific Clues to Smallpox Origins in the Americas

A new study analyzing DNA from ancient mummies in Chile has provided the strongest evidence yet that smallpox arrived in the Americas via European colonization. The findings settle longstanding debates about the disease's origins in the region.