Science Did Not Expect This Shock: DNA Found in an Islamic Cemetery in Ibiza Shows that Leprosy Was Traveling on Trans-Saharan Routes 1,000 Years Ago

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Ibiza was not an isolated island during the Middle Ages. Genetic analysis of human remains buried in an Islamic necropolis of Madina Yabisah has found a diversity of ancestry that connects the island with Europe, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The results offer a new perspective on mobility and the ... Continue reading "Science did not expect this shock: DNA found in an Islamic cemetery in Ibiza shows that leprosy traveled on trans-Saharan…