Evidence of TB found at older archaelogical site
The adversarial relationship between humans and tuberculosis has gone on much longer than previously thought, according to archaeological findings reported by the British Broadcasting Co.
Scientists found DNA evidence of the tuberculosis bacterium of the 9,000-year-old skeletons of a mother and her baby, found in Mediterranean waters off the coast of Israel.
The oldest previous such discoveries, in Italy, date from 3,000 to 6,000 years ago.
