It's been a good year – congrats to #RuairidhMacleod and all the contributors to this great paper, just out in nature.com! A fantastic example of the power of combining ancient DNA and archaeology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago - Nature
Analyses of ancient DNA from hunter-gatherers near Lake Baikal in southeast Siberia around 5,500 years ago indicate that highly virulent Yersinia pestis emerged earlier than previously estimated, far&...
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June 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
It's been a good year – congrats to #RuairidhMacleod and all the contributors to this great paper, just out in nature.com! A fantastic example of the power of combining ancient DNA and archaeology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New study published today in @nature.com reconstructing the earliest known #plague #genomes shows that early forms of plague caused deadly outbreaks amongst Hunter Gatherers 5500 years ago around Lake Baikal @rschulting.bsky.social #RuairidhMacleod www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Oldest-known plague outbreak came 5,500 years ago in Siberia
About 5,500 years ago, bands of hunter-gatherers inhabited the Lake Baikal region in Siberia, sustained by rich resources including prey such as elk, deer, moose, fish, seals and rodents called marmot...
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June 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
New study published today in @nature.com reconstructing the earliest known #plague #genomes shows that early forms of plague caused deadly outbreaks amongst Hunter Gatherers 5500 years ago around Lake Baikal @rschulting.bsky.social #RuairidhMacleod www.reuters.com/business/hea...