Explore the colonization of the Americas in the 18th century, a pivotal era marked by European expansion, cultural clashes, and shifting global power. This video delves into the conflicts, economic ...

Research finds evidence of bacterial infections causing the disease centuries before colonization.Leprosy already existed in the American continent before the arrival of European colonizers. This is ...

The arrival of the first European fleets to the Americas in 1492 marked the introduction of new diseases to the Americas. Leprosy — in the form of the leprae bacterium — was among them.

The discovery of Mycobacterium lepromatosis suggests leprosy was present in the Americas long before Europeans, altering the ...

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

Between the 15th and 20th centuries, just 10 European countries colonized nearly the whole world. Colonization brought technological advancement, infrastructure, education, and medical care even ...

The early history of European colonization of America is often romanticized, but this is far from the messy truth. In reality, colonization was achieved by rival groups of settlers with competing ...

Syphilis originated in the Americas, ancient DNA shows, but European colonialism spread it widely. Kristina Killgrove. Fri, December 20, 2024 at 9:16 PM UTC. 3 min read.

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 ...

Texas county condemned for recategorizing book on colonization as fiction ’To claim this book is fiction dismisses our perspective and history,’ one advocate said Kelly Rissman ...

When discussing space exploration, people often invoke stories about the exploration of our own planet, like the European conquest and colonization of the Americas, or the march westward in the ...