Constanza de la Fuente Castro
New ZealandscientistFemale5.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Constanza de la Fuente Castro is a biological anthropologist at the University of Chile, known for her research on ancient diseases. Recently, she was involved in a groundbreaking study that discovered genetically identical smallpox viruses in remains from an Incan cemetery, providing new insights into the history and evolution of the smallpox virus.
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Constanza de la Fuente Castro, a biological anthropologist at the University of Chile and an author of the new study, said she had hoped they might find DNA from tuberculosis.
‘This is very strange’: Ancient smallpox may have been less deadlyThe New Zealand Herald – country’s largest newspaper, est. 1863·New Zealand· 2026-08-11
New Zealand· 2026-08-11
