A groundbreaking study reveals that leprosy was present in the Americas thousands of years ago, challenging the belief that ...

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They set up colonies that lasted until decolonization. This period occurred from 1914 to 1975 and challenged European control. By far, the British government was the most successful colonizer.

Kirsch suggests that as the theory of settler colonialism developed, what began as a tool to distinguish between forms of ...

In the early 1700s this region was a frontier between European colonizers and a threatened Abenaki way of life.

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

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent.

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS ...