3,500-YEAR-OLD SKELETONS CHALLENGE WHAT SCIENTISTS THOUGHT THEY KNEW ABOUT SYPHILIS

Ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a form of transmission often assumed to indicate syphilis. The discovery could overturn how scientists interpret ancient infections and complicate the long-running mystery of syphilis’s origins.

All Top News -- ScienceDaily reports that ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a form of transmission often assumed to indicate syphilis.

The report adds: The discovery could overturn how scientists interpret ancient infections and complicate the long-running mystery of syphilis’s origins.

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