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Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago (opens in new tab)

Covered by 22 sources including Scientific American, smithsonianmag.com

Covered in 23 articles

Scientific American

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Could this ancient burial site be the oldest lethal plague outbreak?

smithsonianmag.com·

New Discovery That Hunter-Gatherer Children Died of Plague More Than Five Millennia Ago Sets Back the Date of the Earliest Outbreak

Scientists Just Rewrote the Origin Story of One of Humanity’s Deadliest Diseases

Archaeology News Report·

Oldest strains of plague caused deadly outbreaks 5,500 years ago

Discussed on Blogger

Scientists Just Discovered the Oldest Known Victims of the Plague

This Deadly Disease Was Wiping Out Humans 5,500 Years Ago

Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak

Discussed on Hacker News

Ancient DNA uncovers deadly plague outbreak among Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

The oldest known plague outbreak struck Siberian hunter gatherers 5,500 years ago

discovermagazine.com·

Ancient Plague Killed Hunter-Gatherer Families in Siberia 5,500 Years Ago

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Die Pest war vor 5500 Jahren tödlicher als gedacht

science.orf.at·

Frühester Pestausbruch dokumentiert

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Vroege pestbacteriën konden al flink wat slachtoffers maken, 5.500 jaar geleden

Folha de S.Paulo

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Primeira epidemia de peste ocorreu hï¿½ 5.500 anos e dizimou crianï¿½as, diz estudo

Jäger und Sammler: Pest im Paradies

Willerslevs nye fund genantænder strid om pestens gåde

Ældste pest-fund: Willerslev-studie afslører nyt om dødelig sygdoms fortid

Archäologie: Pest tötete Menschen schon vor 5500 Jahren