Unlocking the Bio-Archives of History: How Ancient DNA and Medieval Manuscripts Are Rewriting the Evolutionary Timeline of Livestock Disease
Executive Overview For centuries, historians have turned to medieval manuscripts, illuminated texts, and administrative parchments to piece together the political intrigues, religious philosophies, and artistic developments of bygone eras. These delicate sheets of treated animal skin—crafted painstakingly by scribes in monastic scriptoriums across Europe—have long been treated as windows into the intellectual life of human…
