Mystery over death of 15 million Aztecs may be solved after nearly 500 years, study suggests
Scientists analysed DNA extracted from the teeth of skeletons in a cemetery in Mexico: Henry Romero/Reuters/ Scientists believe they may have discovered the cause of an epidemic that struck Mexico’s population in 1545, killing up to 15 million people. extracted from the teeth of 29 skeletons buried in a cemetery in southern The bacterium is known to cause enteric fever, of which typhoid is an example. According to the study, the symptoms tally with those mentioned in records from the time, which describe victims developing red spots on the ...
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