Remains from a Bronze Age sheep help researchers understand ancient plague transmission | NYGazet

Researchers recovered the first Yersinia pestis bacteria genome from a Bronze Age animal. It reveals how a plague spread in Eurasia for thousands of years, experts say.

Agriculture Animal stories Genetics Asia See all topics Follow For thousands of years, a disease repeatedly struck ancient Eurasia, quickly spreading far and wide. The bite of infected fleas that lived on rats passed on the plague in its most infamou... [6653 chars]