The GuardianJun 17, 3:00 PM

Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago The earliest evidence for an outbreak of plague has been uncovered at late stone age cemeteries in south-eastern Siberia where dozens of hunter-gatherers and their children were buried. Ancient DNA collected from the remains suggests the disease tore through the sparse communities in devastating waves that began about 5,500 years ago, at least two centuries after the bacterium respon...

The New York TimesJun 17, 3:36 PM

A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death

The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.

Ars TechnicaJun 18, 3:04 PM

Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago

We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore.

The GuardianJun 17, 3:00 PM

Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago The earliest evidence for an outbreak of plague has been uncovered at late stone age cemeteries in south-eastern Siberia where dozens of hunter-gatherers and their children were buried. Ancient DNA collected from the remains suggests the disease tore through the sparse communities in devastating waves that began about 5,500 years ago, at least two centuries after the bacterium respon...

The New York TimesJun 17, 3:36 PM

A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death

The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.

Ars TechnicaJun 18, 3:04 PM

Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago

We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore.