Ancient DNA Uncovers the Origin of the World's First Pandemic
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Scientists have identified the bacterium Yersinia pestis in a 1,500-year-old mass grave in Jerash, Jordan, providing the first direct genetic evidence linking it to the Justinian Plague, the world's first recorded pandemic, which caused millions of deaths in the 6th century.
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