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4,000-Year-Old Sheep Tooth Reveals Prehistoric Plague Link Between Humans and Livestock
Scientists have identified a deadly prehistoric plague strain in an animal for the first time – a 4,000-year-old domesticated sheep from the Eurasian Steppe – offering new clues about how one of history’s most feared diseases spread across continents. A team of international researchers has uncovered a crucial missing link in the history of the…