The year was 812, and the Maya had been suffering from drought for several years. A farmer from the Copan Valley turned to hunting to provide food for his starving family. Unfortunately, he contracted a disease from an unhealthy howler monkey he had killed. The disease quickly spread to his entire village and then to other Mayan communities. The Maya were already suffering from famine and drought and were unable to cope with the new disease. The Mayan empire fell. The disease, called papatlaca, spread throughout Central and South America.
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