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3,500-year-old skeletons from Vietnam challenge theories on syphilis origins
Ancient skeletal remains discovered in Vietnam suggest that diseases such as yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago — a form of transmission previously associated mainly with syphilis. The finding could overturn how scientists interpret ancient infections and complicate the long-standing debate over syphilis's origins. The research sheds new light on the history of infectious diseases in the ancient world.
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