The 2,000-year-old bones provide evidence against the idea that Columbus brought syphilis to Europe. The STI epidemic that emerged in Europe in the late 1400s was long attributed to invaders. But a new study has found that DNA analysis does not match this story. The idea that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis from the New World… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The British, Germans and Italians called it the French disease. While the Poles called it the German disease, the Russians blamed the Poles. In France, it was named “Naples disease” because the first documented syphilis… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The British, Germans and Italians called it the French disease. While the Poles called it the German disease, the Russians blamed the Poles. In France, it was named “Naples disease” because the first documented syphilis… Read More »