Lake Baikal Skeletal Analysis Confirms Early Plague Strains Caused Mass Mortality

By The Conversation · New Atlas · 2026-07-01

According to reporting from New Atlas, genetic testing of human remains in Siberia has provided the first concrete evidence that prehistoric Yersinia pestis was a lethal pathogen. Scientists identified plague DNA within family burial groups at the Ust’Ida I site, suggesting the b

According to reporting from New Atlas, genetic testing of human remains in Siberia has provided the first concrete evidence that prehistoric Yersinia pestis was a lethal pathogen. Scientists identified plague DNA within family burial groups at the Ust’Ida I site, suggesting the b