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Scientists Just Discovered The First Known Case Of The Plague In A 5,000-Year-Old Skeleton
"It seems that we are really close to the origin of the bacteria." A Stone Age hunter-gatherer who lived in present-day ...
Neolithic bones reveal isolated Yersinia pestis infections, not pandemics
It is now known that the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis has been present in Central and Northern Europe for more than 5,000 ...
The Scientist2y
Black Death Likely Originated in Central Asia
Genetic testing of people who died in Kyrgyzstan eight years before plague reached Europe reveals an ancient strain of the bacterium Yersinia pestis. In the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains in ...
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From the Black Death to Spanish flu and smallpox, a brief history of plagues
It can also refer to one specific disease, Yersinia pestis. On top of that, a plague can refer to a large number of insects or animals in one place that are causing a lot of damage, like the ...
Smithsonian Magazine7d
On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague infections, all stemming from the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Ticks and fleas carrying the disease spread it to humans via bites, and humans can also ...
The Oxford Student13d
Why your gut knows best
Explore the gut-brain axis - how the trillions of microbes in your gut influence your mood and mental wellbeing.
The Scientist4y
bubonic plague
Genetic testing of people who died in Kyrgyzstan eight years before plague reached Europe reveals an ancient strain of the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Reports of the infection—including one death this ...