University of Arkansas: How Did Bronze Age Plague Spread? Sheep Might Solve the Mystery
December 09, 2025
December 09, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 9 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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How Did Bronze Age Plague Spread? A Sheep Might Solve the Mystery
In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, transmitting the Black Death from infected rats to millions of people.
Another, earlier strain of Y. pestis emerged 5,000 years ago in the Bronze Age. It infecte . . .
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How Did Bronze Age Plague Spread? A Sheep Might Solve the Mystery
In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, transmitting the Black Death from infected rats to millions of people.
Another, earlier strain of Y. pestis emerged 5,000 years ago in the Bronze Age. It infecte . . .