Smithsonian Magazine

Anthropologists Recover DNA of Syphilis-Causing Bacterium Relative From 5,500-Year-Old Human Remains, the Earliest Ever Found

The findings represent the oldest complete set of genetic information from this bacterial group and shed light on its ...
Greek Reporter

5,500-Year-Old DNA From Colombia Rewrites History of Syphilis

Scientists recover DNA from a 5,500-year-old burial in Colombia, revealing ancient syphilis-related bacteria and reshaping disease history.

DNA found in an ancient Colombian skeleton may hold answers to origin of syphilis

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.
ZME Science

New Discovery Pushes the History of Syphilis-like Diseases Back by 3,000 Years and Reveals a Never-before-seen Subspecies

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

Ancient DNA shows syphilis was rooted in the Americas

From a 5,500-year-old human shin bone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the disease has ancient roots in the ...
Discover Magazine

5,500-Year-Old Human Remains Extend the Origins of Syphilis-Causing Bacteria by 3,000 Years

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains revealed that syphilis circulated in the Americas thousands of years earlier than ...
KRDO

Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

(CNN) — Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.