Posted on Dec 6, 2018

An Ancient Case of the Plague Could Rewrite History

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An Ancient Case of the Plague Could Rewrite History

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Posted 6 y ago

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

Posted 6 y ago

This is a truly fascinating topic. Migrating populations that we knew about; this might also help explain what happened to Neanderthals and Denesovians as well...perhaps some sort of pathogen?

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LTC David Brown

Posted 6 y ago

The finding could really rewrite history.

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SGT Mary G.

Posted 6 y ago

Very interesting. “they had to wait 5,000 years to know exactly what happened.” - and now we know.

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An Ancient Case of the Plague Could Rewrite History

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