5000-year-old remains reveal plague's genetic secrets
The case was less contagious than its descendants.
The remains of a 5000-year-old man have been discovered to house the oldest known strain of Yersinia pestis, the bact...
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Together in death, early victims of plague
Analysis identifies oldest known toxic version of plague.
Bubonic plague, the lethal, virulent bacterium behind the Justinian Plague and the Black Death, emerged in humans abo...