The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.
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Jun 17, 2026
A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death
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By Carl Zimmer
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