The discovery, led by evolutionary genomics researcher Davide Bozzi, pushes back the evidence for treponemal diseases, as ...

Analysis of a shin bone found in a rock cave in Colombia suggests the sexually transmitted disease is much older than ...

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

Researchers recovered ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia and reconstructed a genome related to Treponema pallidum. The lineage predates known syphilis strains by ~3,000 years, ...

Scientists recover DNA from a 5,500-year-old burial in Colombia, revealing ancient syphilis-related bacteria and reshaping disease history.

The community that lived in the Grotta della Monaca caves had its own unique mix of ancestry.

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has been infecting humans for at least 2,500 years. Some people inherited the ...

DNA reveals that in prehistoric China, men remained in their community, while women joined new family lineages.

Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...