Syphilis diverged from yaws about AD1100.
syphilis seem to show similiaries to yaws samples from indigenious communities in Guyana with 4 genome locaties similiar to syphilis.
Children in Guyana with yaws had chancres more similiar to syphilis than yaws.
It appears that sailors with christopher columbus took syphilis wih them to europe.
Aztec Mexico appears to have had syphilis.
Friday, 18 January 2008
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