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Strep Throat May Have Led to Mozart’s Death
Reexamination of historical records points to an epidemic at the time

Pharoah’s Wine Jar Yields Medicinal Secrets
Egyptians may have been using herb-spiked drink for healing 5,000 years ago

DNA Find in Oregon Is Oldest Yet Discovered in Americas
Paisley Caves reveal genetic material in excrement linking New World to Siberia, East Asia

Ancient Wisdom Teeth Reveal Humans’ Changing Diet
15,000-year-old remains suggest a shift away from coarser foods

Lincoln’s Descendants Help Make Gene Breakthrough
Research uncovers a mutation linked to rare movement disorder

Bitter Taste May Have Been a Lifesaver
It soured early humans from tasting toxic food, study suggests

Fossil May Be World’s Oldest Bunny
Find pushes back rabbits' emergence another 20 million years

In Battle of Diseases, TB Vanquished Leprosy
Ancient remains unravel medical mystery, researchers contend

The Iceman Acheth
5,300-year-old man suffered many ailments common today