Explore the colonization of the Americas in the 18th century, a pivotal era marked by European expansion, cultural clashes, ...

European colonizers were thought to have brought leprosy to the Americas, but a new study reveals it existed there for thousands of years and was spread by a recently discovered bacteria species.

Historians have for a long time believed that leprosy was introduced to the Americas by European settlers, but the latest research offers strong evidence to the contrary – suggesting that Indigenous ...

Leprosy was therefore already affecting American indigenous peoples well before European colonization. The study authors analyzed more than 800 samples taken from ancient remains in Canada and ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS ...

He began his second term by brandishing American hard power, threatening Denmark over the control of Greenland, and ...

Fortunately, history has taught us that such projects of elimination fail when they are met with resistance and resilience.

The LGBTQIA+ community in Acadiana has a rich history of acceptance and visibility that dates back to pre-colonial times, and the Acadiana Queer Collective is working to preserve and celebrate ...

The history books say Europeans brought leprosy to the Americas, but analysis of ancient DNA reveals that a form of the ...

June 24th has long been a date marked by monumental events that have shaped the course of history across the globe.One of the ...