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Oldest Known Plague Victim Was Just Discovered. It Was 4,000 Years Before Black Death

Posted on June 30, 2021 by agogo22

Patial skull of man who died of the plague, 5,000 years ago. (Dominik Göldner/BGAEU, Berlin) Five thousand years ago, a rodent bit a Stone Age hunter-gatherer. The creature carried a strain of pernicious bacteria called Yersinia pestis – the pathogen … Continue reading →

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