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European colonizers were thought to have brought leprosy to the Americas, but a new study reveals it existed there for thousands of years and spread by a recently discovered bacteria species.

Discover why European powers rushed to colonize the New World driven by economic gain, ... glory, and God shaped the early foundations of American colonization. Simplified In Short.

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The early history of European colonization of America is often romanticized, but this is far from the messy truth. In reality, colonization was achieved by rival groups of settlers with competing ...

Between the 15th and 20th centuries, just 10 European countries colonized nearly the whole world. Colonization brought technological advancement, infrastructure, education, and medical care even ...

“The enslavement of Native Americans was a hemispheric phenomenon, perpetrated by every European colonial power in their invasion of the Americas,” the project website reads.

The results confirm that M. lepromatosis was already widespread in North and South America long before European colonization and provide insights into the current genetic diversity of pathogenic ...

Nor was victory instantaneous, for European colonial influence in North America lasted into the 19th century, enduring until places such as Florida, Oregon and Alaska were absorbed within the US.

Leprosy was therefore already affecting American indigenous peoples well before European colonization. For years, it was believed Mycobacterium leprae bacteria were the only cause of leprosy.