Researchers analyzing DNA from hunter-gatherer remains have pushed back the earliest known plague infections by millennia changing theories about how the bacterium spread.
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Ancient DNA Reveals Plague Was Already Killing Humans 5500 Years Ago Earlier Than Previously Thought
Genomic analysis of prehistoric human remains pushes back the earliest known dates of Yersinia pestis infection by over 1000 years.
Ancient DNA Reveals Plague Was Already Killing Humans 5500 Years Ago
New research pushing back the timeline of plague shows that Yersinia pestis was infecting and killing humans thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
Ancient DNA Reveals Plague Was Already Killing Humans 5500 Years Ago
Researchers found Yersinia pestis in hunter-gatherer remains in Siberian cemeteries, pushing back the earliest known plague deaths by thousands of years.