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Scientists uncover diseases that crippled Napoleon’s army in 1812
Using advanced DNA analysis, scientists examined 13 teeth from soldiers buried in a mass grave in Vilnius. Each sample ...
ZME Science on MSN7d
New DNA Evidence Reveals What Actually Killed Napoleon’s Grand Army in 1812
When Napoleon Bonaparte led his Grand Army into Russia in 1812, he commanded the largest military force Europe had ever seen ...
Archaeology3d
New DNA Analysis Reveals Maladies That Ravaged Napoleon's Troops
When Napoleon marched his Grand Army of 600,000 troops into Russia in 1812, he commanded one of the largest fighting forces ...
New Scientist10d
DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon's army in 1812
At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two ...
La Brújula Verde6d
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 microbes that contributed to the catastrophic death toll among Napoleon’s soldiers ...
ScienceAlert on MSN7d
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 ...
Radio Angulo3d
Lice, not extreme cold, killed Napoleon’s soldiers in Russia
The story of Napoleon's catastrophic retreat from Russia in 1812 may be being rewritten thanks to advances in genetic ...