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@davej@dice.camp
2025-08-27 23:30:15

Ancient #DNA solves #Plague of #Justinian mystery to rewrite #pandemic history.

Ancient DNA solves Plague of Justinian mystery to rewrite pandemic history
For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the world's first recorded pandemic—in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the outbreak was first described nearly 1,500 years ago.