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Livestock implicated in spread of ancient strain of plague

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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 Date
    12 August 2025
  • Primary Author
    Mary Van Beusekom
  • Source
    cidrap.umn.edu
  • Language
    English
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