Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research

We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and may be distressing. In April 1789, the first smallpox ...
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Smallpox Scabs That British Doctors Used to Inoculate Patients May Have Introduced the Deadly Disease to Australia, New Research Suggests

Two new studies find that British colonists arriving via ship in the late 18th century likely introduced smallpox, which ...

81 “Unseen Facts” For Everyone Who Enjoys Learning Something New Every Time They Go Online

If someone told you 20 years ago that we’d be gaining new information through mini-computers in our pockets, you would ...
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Ancient human evolution was more like braided streams than a simple family tree

A study from researchers connected to the University of Tubingen and the University of Cape Town looked at hybridization in ...