Ancestor of Black Death Has Been Discovered in Bronze-Age Sheep
"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an important clue for how plague could transmit within pastoralist communities ...
New Scientist28 天
Ancient ancestor of the plague discovered in Bronze Age sheep
The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities ...
Q&A: Looking at ancient Roman plagues through an environmental lens
Ancient DNA evidence confirms that bubonic plague spread across the Mediterranean region all the way to western Europe and ...
Ancient Egyptians suffered from plagues of parasitic worms and lice
According to a new study, ancient Egypt suffered from Nile-born parasites at high rates. Sole researcher Piers Mitchell, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine3 年
The Real Culprit of an Ancient Egyptian Plague Was... Bread?
According to the Bible, the 10th plague to befall Ancient Egypt killed the first born child of every family. Now, new scientific evidence suggests that this may have actually occurred - and that a ...