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The oldest known diseases in the world
These diseases have been around for thousands of years
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Some things never change, and that's the case for a number of diseases. Genetic records confirm that many diseases have roots in antiquity, having been around long before they were identified and treatments were discovered. Bone abnormalities and DNA samples of skeletons are strong identification sources, which show us how some of the world's oldest diseases have fundamentally influenced human evolution.
Check out the following slides to discover the oldest known diseases in the world.
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