Ancient DNA from 5,500-year-old burials in Siberia reveals the earliest known plague outbreak. Researchers found Yersinia pestis infected entire hunter-gatherer families, showing devastating epidemics struck small, mobile communities near Lake Baikal. 🧬☠️
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Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago
