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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.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/science/oldest-plague-siberian-skeletons.html

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