Plague
DNA confirms Yersinia pestis as cause of the first recorded pandemic 1,500 years ago
Using ancient DNA from eight teeth under Jerash's Roman hippodrome, scientists date the outbreak to mid-6th–early 7th century, finding nearly identical strains from a fast, deadly wave.
Harvard researcher: Ancient livestock may have carried plague across Eurasia
Study by Max Planck Institute and partners detects the late neolithic bronze age plague strain in a 4,000-year-old Arkaim sheep, linking human and animal infections.
