A 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Just Helped Solve One of History’s Deadliest Mysteries
Yersinia pestis Gram Negative BacteriaScientists investigating an ancient mystery have uncovered the first evidence that a Bronze Age strain of plague infected livestock, not just humans. During the Middle Ages, a devastating outbreak of plague wiped out roughly one-third of Europe’s population. The disease spread when fleas carrying the bacterium Yersinia pestis moved from infected rats to humans, triggering [...]
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