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The Prehistoric Plague

The Ancients by History Hit

May 3, 202648:53Society & Culture

The first ever outbreak of 'plague' - Yersinia Pestis, the most feared disease in human history - was long thought to be the Plague of Justinian in 541 AD. But new studies of ancient DNA have revealed traces of Yesinia P...

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The Prehistoric Plague is an episode from The Ancients by History Hit. The first ever outbreak of 'plague' - Yersinia Pestis, the most feared disease in human history - was long thought to be the Plague of Justinian in 541 AD. But new studi...

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