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Napoleon's doomed retreat: DNA from Vilnius mass grave reveals signs of foodborne and lice-borne fever
Institut Pasteur and partner institutions report genetic evidence of Salmonella enterica lineage Para C and Borrelia ...
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New DNA findings reveal what really stopped Napoleon's army in 1812
In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...
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Lice and Pickled Beets: Pathogens That Decimated Napoleon’s Army During His Disastrous 1812 Retreat from Russia Identified
An international team of scientists has successfully identified for the first time, with direct genetic evidence, the ...
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War Darkens a Second Winter in Lithuania - WSJ
At a protest against the invasion of Ukraine, a Lithuanian flag waves in front of Russia's embassy in Vilnius, Feb. 2022 Berta Tilmantaite By Karolis Vyšniauskas Feb. 16, 2023 2:05 pm ET Text ...
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DNA Casts Doubt Over Theory on What Killed Napoleon's Forces
After extracting and analyzing ancient DNA from the teeth of 13 soldiers they instead found evidence the men suffered from a ...