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Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Midnight@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨archaeology@mander.xyz⁩

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/hunter-gatherers-in-siberia-died-of-a-plague-outbreak-5500-years-ago/

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  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If the plague started in Siberia and spread west for a few hundred years before decimating the early European farming communities, that might explain why steppe herders moved in from the east to repopulate: they would already have recovered from the plague a generation or two earlier.

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