[SunkenCiv]

The ancient Korean mummy of a child provides clues to the hepatitis B virus genome. CREDIT: Seoul National Univesity

[JRandomFreeper]

All I know is that I got a LOT of shots and an addendum shot record when I went to Korea.

That, and I loved the food and the people.

/johnny

[ClearCase_guy]

The 16th century is now considered “ancient”?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Why did you include a photo of Nancy Pelosi?

[43north]

I attended an archaeology lecture in Alaska some years back.

The lecturer had unearthed the remains of an Eskimo teen that carbon-dated at 14,000 years. His skeleton showed signs of damage from a tuberculosis infection.

Many diseases have been “friends” of humans a lot longer than we realize.