Ancient Siberian plague discovery: A groundbreaking study uncovers that plague was highly lethal 5,500 years ago, affecting hunter-gatherer communities in ancient Siberia. Genetic evidence reveals early strains of Yersinia pestis, indicating widespread infection and severe mortality patterns among these populations.

Analyses of ancient DNA from hunter-gatherers near Lake Baikal in southeast Siberia around 5,500 years ago indicate that highly virulent Yersinia pestis emerged earlier than…

Long before it evolved the genetic machinery that would help make bubonic plague one of history's most feared diseases, the bacterium Yersinia pestis was already capable of…

Graves of hunter-gatherers in Siberia point to a deadly disease outbreak dating to some 5,500 years ago, a new DNA analysis finds