Black Death
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Back in December, we reported on an article in PLoS about a genome-based study suggesting Justinian’s plague was very likely caused by Yersina pestis (Also Seen: Justinian’s Plague ~ Yersina Pestis?) … the latest PLoS now has a study confirming it: Keep with out previous post’s style, here’s the abstract: Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent…
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A bit outside our purview, but worth noting, is a study which did some genomic type research and found a possible connection (not overly stressed) with Justinian’s plague … read about it here: Yersinia pestis: New Evidence for an Old Infection (PLOSone) Here’s the abstract, just for tl;dr purposes: The successful reconstruction of an ancient…
rogue classicism 