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I think a lot of this is from 1491: https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059 https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Amer

I think a lot of this is from 1491: https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059 https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Colu... It's been a while since I read it but IIRC, the theory is that some of the pigs the Spanish brought with them got loose and went wild, but brought the flu with them. As wild boar spread so did the disease.

TSiege 4y ago
Actually 1491 was more a condensing of research. IIRC it was actually Alfred W. Crosby who proposed this in his book The Columbian Exchange
carapace 4y ago
I think the book was an expansion of this essay? In any event it's a good summary. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/03/1491/302445/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/03/1491/30...