science Sciencedaily 2026-09-15

Ancient plague DNA shows it decimated families long before the Black Death

Researchers discovered evidence that a highly virulent form of the plague was killing hunter-gatherers in Siberia 5,500 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

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