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History's first pandemic: Ancient DNA solves mystery of what caused 1,500-year-old epidemic
Scientists have confirmed that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind later plagues like the Black Death, caused the Justinian ...
Scientists have deciphered the genome of the bacterium behind the world's first recorded pandemic that swept through the eastern Mediterranean about 1,500 years ago. Researchers found Yersinia pestis, ...
For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...
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The "Plague Of Justinian" May Have Been The First Pandemic. DNA At A Mass Grave Has Finally Identified Its Cause.
Looking at DNA at an arena turned into a mass grave at the epicenter of the outbreak, scientists found a familiar old foe.
Scientists have found the "missing piece" of the puzzle behind the devastating disease that reshaped the Byzantine Empire.
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How the first pandemic in history shook the Roman Empire - MSN
One of 2024’s most viral TikTok trends had women baffled about how often men think about the Roman Empire. “Three times a day,” answered one woman’s fiancé in a TikTok video. “There’s ...
A new study highlights a transformative resource for public health: the unprecedented wave of COVID-19 oral history archives ...
Scientists recover ancient DNA proving Yersinia pestis caused the Plague of Justinian, solving a 1,500-year mystery.
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