For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the world's first recorded pandemic—in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the outbreak was first described nearly 1,500 years ago.
  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Headline’s a bit misleading.

    This was solved a decade ago, this is just incontrovertible proof that also happens to confirm the earlier evidence.