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A 4,000-year-old sheep may reveal how the Bronze Age plague spread across Eurasia
The plague moved through Europe during the medieval period with devastating speed, causing millions of deaths as fleas spread Yersinia pestis from rodents to humans. However, long before that catastrophe, a different plague circulated across Eurasia during the Bronze Age...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/a-4000-year-old-sheep-bronze-age-plague/
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