Widespread Animal Domestication Triggered Disease Surge 5,000 years ago, DNA Study Reveals
The dawn of animal domestication 6,500 years ago unleashed a hidden epidemic crisis across Eurasia, with zoonotic diseases becoming more widespread about 5,000 years ago. Analysis of DNA from the teeth and bones of 1,313 ancient humans spanning 37,000 years unravelled the first direct genomic evidence that close contact with livestock dramatically increased humanity’s burden of infectious diseases
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