Scientists Uncover Origins of 1,500-Year-Old Pandemic
Originally Published 4 months ago — by SciTechDaily
Scientists have confirmed that Yersinia pestis caused the Justinian Plague 1,500 years ago by analyzing genetic material from human remains in Jerash, Jordan, providing definitive biological evidence of the bacterium's role in one of history's earliest pandemics, and revealing patterns of recurrent plague outbreaks over millennia.