SPAAM-communityAncient animal remains hold clues to past #zoonotic diseases. πΎπ§¬ Across 6,000 years of Eurasian #zooarchaeological material, researchers detected 29 opportunistic #pathogens, highlighting the value of lesion-guided sampling.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71543-4
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71543-4
Probing the zooarchaeological record across time and space for ancient pathogen DNA - Nature Communications
Authors investigate ancient DNA from animal remains and identify multiple signatures of ancient zoonotic pathogens. They find ancient pathogen genomics from archaeological animal remains may inform zoonotic disease emergence.