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The oldest known plague outbreak struck hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago (opens in new tab)

Covers Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years agoCovered by kite.kagi.com

Plague DNA in ancient graves near Siberia's Lake Baikal suggests the disease threatened people long before farming and crowded settlements.

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