Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

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Nature, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10540-5
Analyses of ancient DNA from hunter-gatherers near Lake Baikal in southeast Siberia around 5,500 years ago indicate that highly virulent Yersinia pestis emerged earlier than previously estimated, far from the next known cases of infection in Late Neolithic Europe. ...

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