Study: Oldest signs of plague outbreaks found in prehistoric graves

Scientists have found the oldest known signs of a plague outbreak in DNA evidence from hunter-gatherer graves in Siberia, a ...

Oldest known evidence of plague reveals the disease’s deadly impact 5,500 years ago

Hunter-gatherer communities, especially young children, were hit hard by an early strain of plague 5,500 years ago.

Oldest known plague victims found in a 5,500-year-old burial ground in Siberia — and many of them were chil...

The oldest known evidence of the plague killing people has been found in Siberia, and it carried a gene that may have made it ...

Scientists discover oldest known evidence of the plague with 5,500- year-old teeth

Researchers looked for traces of plague-causing bacteria in remains from four cemeteries near Siberia’s Lake Baikal.

Oldest known evidence of the plague discovered and it transforms what we know about the disease

Scientists have discovered the oldest known evidence of the plague, pushing its documented history back by some 200 years to ...

A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death

The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was ...

Carlo Ginzburg, Who Told the History of the Obscure, Dies at 87

In books like “The Cheese and the Worms,” he helped push beyond the story of great events and leaders, entering the minds and ...

Earliest outbreak of the plague killed hunter-gatherer kids 5,500 years ago

Scientists have solved a mystery that puzzled them for decades: Why were so many dead children buried by hunter-gatherers in ...

White House Forms Advisory Council To Study UFO Orbs And Other Military Sightings

The White House has formed a new Science Advisory Council led by astrophysicist Avi Loeb to study UFO orbs and other military ...
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In African cave, Israeli and international scientists find signs of earliest use of fire

Evidence of burns was detected on fossilized bones deep in the Wonderwerk Cave, setting back the clock for intentional use of ...
Taipei Times

Scientists confront rising threat of mosquitoes

Growing up in Tahiti, Anna-Bella Failloux saw first-hand the threat posed by mosquitoes: Nearly one-third of adults on the picturesque island once had swollen limbs from elephantiasis caused by their ...