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Friday, February 28, 2014

Leprosy has has existed for 10 MILLION years and affected our most distant ancestors

Leprosy has has existed for 10 MILLION years and affected our most distant ancestors

Researchers at the University of Texas in Houston found that two leprosy-causing bacteria, including Mycobacterium leprae (pictured) were pinpointed to come from a last common bacterial ancestor around 10 million years ago, meaning that ancient humans and hominids suffered from the disease A scientist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston said humans carried leprosy bacteria when departing Africa around 100,000 years ago to populate the rest of the world.
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