US EditionThe Earliest Known Plague Wasn't Spread by Rats, DNA Study Reveals
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A mortal mystery that had been unanswered for centuries has been solved thanks to a sheep from 4,000 years ago. Experts keep analyzing an element that has undoubtedly become the best kept secret of a nature that has given us certain novelties. It is time to know a little better what has discovered us in finding a fossil body that kept more than one secret to voices that has ended up becoming reality. History keeps more of a secret to us with cer…
Ancient Plague’s Hidden Path: How a 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Reveals the Spread of a Forgotten Killer
Scientists have uncovered a key piece of the puzzle in understanding an ancient strain of plague that haunted Eurasia for nearly 2,000 years during the Bronze Age. DNA from the bacterium Yersinia pestis was extracted from the tooth of a domesticated sheep that lived over 4,000 years ago in southern Russia, near the Kazakhstan border at the fortified settlement of Arkaim. This marks the first time the plague has been confirmed in a non-human host…
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