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aug 15, 10000 BC - Smallpox

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The origin of smallpox as a natural disease is lost in prehistory. It is believed to have appeared around 10,000 BC, at the time of the first agricultural settlements in northeastern Africa.

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aug 15, 10000 BC
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~ 12034 years ago

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