In the 1980s, archaeologist George Armelagos, Professor of Anthropology at Emory University, lead a team that unearthed 2,000-year-old Nubian bones, where traces of the antibiotic tetracycline were found. New research has shown that the bones contain high concentrations of tetracycline, amounts consistent with modern humans. But, how is it possible that people were ingesting the […]
