Indeed, a medical paper that states there is controversy about this question (https://t.co/NEvGYnC2Qr ) unequivocally states that trade between India and Egypt and China occurred well before Europe had any contact with India.
RT @FREERAMwithBJP: @porbotialora @vandema09287787 I think you need to read the whole NCBI article which states it's inconclusive .. apply…
@porbotialora @vandema09287787 I think you need to read the whole NCBI article which states it's inconclusive .. apply your .. we don't melt down .. for rhetoric from half baked .. https://t.co/Adr50TFTNn Why you are inclined to fix India as an origin of
@paularcurtis @James_A_Benn @JubalBarca @KathrynLJasper ... history in the region? The quick answer is, we have hardly any proof at all. The most important work to date has been by @GRSchug. In 2009, she & colleagues pub'd this study of 4000-year-old r
... evidence for leprosy in Uzbekistan in this period, but genomic material was not reported in that study. Paleopath. evidence suggestive of leprosy infection goes back to ca. 2000 BCE in India [https://t.co/KsxMQkhBqy] & ca. 3700 BCE in Hungary [http
Hey @drbrennan - another paper - Ancient Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 BC) #bones http://t.co/jkfcCv1voP
Hey @drbrennan - another paper - Ancient Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 BC) #bones http://t.co/jkfcCv1voP
Hey @drbrennan - another paper - Ancient Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 BC) #bones http://t.co/jkfcCv1voP
@gurdur correction - "...skeletal evidence for leprosy from 2000 B.C. ... in India" http://t.co/vzkdPdFe 4000 yrs ago first fossil leprosy
@Gurdur at least 2600 yrs http://t.co/tiXzBvX6 - we need DNA from fossilised infected humans to prove older - not easily found!
"Ancient Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 B.C.)" By G. Robbins, V. Mushrif Tripathy, V.N. Misra,... http://t.co/HmMT2uVg
More from @labratting on Ancient Bacteria http://t.co/8YpJQtys. PLoS ONE http://t.co/nawmW9Zr related Pathogens paper http://t.co/zvoWbPHz
Ancient Skeletal Evidence for #Leprosy in #India - 2000 B.C. http://t.co/vH01FUxQ Support translations of Vedic scriptures re leprosy
RT @Hlth_Literacy: Ancient Skeletal Evidence for #Leprosy in #India - 2000 B.C. http://t.co/rU1T1ULY Support translations of Vedic scriptures re leprosy
Ancient Skeletal Evidence for #Leprosy in #India - 2000 B.C. http://t.co/rU1T1ULY Support translations of Vedic scriptures re leprosy