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Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

A single 4,000-year-old sheep bone, pulled from a windswept burial mound in Central Asia, is forcing scientists to rethink ...

Scientists investigating an ancient mystery have uncovered the first evidence that a Bronze Age strain of plague infected ...

Archaeologists working in the Southern Ural Mountains have uncovered an unexpected clue about how an ancient plague once moved across Eurasia. A tiny sheep tooth found at the Bronze Age site of Arkaim ...

Four thousand years ago, a sheep in the Eurasian Steppe carried a lethal bacterium that once swept across continents. The discovery of its preserved DNA has given scientists the first direct evidence ...

Sheep may have played a major role in a prehistoric plague outbreak. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 11, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Known only from ancient DNA, the ‘LNBA plague’ lineage has left scientists puzzled about its origin and transmission. Now the ancient plague has been identified in an animal for the first time - a ...