Abstract
The pathogen that causes plague has been identified in a 4,000-year-old domesticated-sheep carcass, suggesting that livestock helped transmit an early, mysterious form of plague that circulated throughout Eurasia during the Late Neolithic Bronze Age (LNBA), according to a study published yesterday in Cell.
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Publication Date12 August 2025
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Primary AuthorMary Van Beusekom
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Sourcecidrap.umn.edu
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LanguageEnglish
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