Ancient case of disease spillover discovered in Neanderthal man who got sick butchering raw meat

The Neanderthal, thought to be in his late 50s or 60s when he died about 50,000 years ago, has been recently diagnosed with brucellosis, a disease that's still widespread today and is acquired through direct contact with infected animals.

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