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Massacred 10th century Vikings found in a mass grave at St John’s College, Oxford

Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world’s deadliest virus

23 July 2020

Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons – proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years.

Mass burial of battle victims from the Xiongnu period in Omnogobi, Mongolia, from which scientists extracted ancient DNA from for the study.

Oldest genetic evidence of Hepatitis B virus found in ancient DNA from 4,500 year-old skeletons

09 May 2018

An extinct strain of the human Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been discovered in Bronze Age human skeletons found in burial sites across Europe and Asia.

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Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world’s deadliest virus

Oldest genetic evidence of Hepatitis B virus found in ancient DNA from 4,500 year-old skeletons

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