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Lethal Plague Outbreaks in Lake Baikal Hunter–gatherers 5500 Years Ago

2024-11-14

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The rise of zoonotic diseases in prehistory is often associated with the Neolithic agricultural transition 1,2 . In particular, plague has been linked to population declines in Late Neolithic Europe 3,4 . Although plague is amongst the most devastating diseases in human history, early strains of Yersinia pestis, the causal agent of plague, lack virulence factors required for the bubonic form 5 , and their seve...

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DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.13.623490

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