Ancient Siberian plague discovery : A long-standing mystery buried in ancient human remains from Siberia has finally been uncovered. What was once assumed about the early history of plague has now been rewritten through genetic evidence preserved for more than 5,000 years.
A new study published in Nature reveals that plague was already highly lethal thousands of years earlier than previously believed, affecting small, mobile hunter-gatherer communities in what is now the Lake Baikal region of East Siberia, as per a report.
