Stone Age <i>Yersinia pestis</i> genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

Andrades Valtueña, Aida; U. Neumann, Gunnar; A. Spyrou, Maria; Musralina, Lyazzat; Aron, Franziska; Beisenov, A.; B. Belinskiy, Andrey; I. Bos, Kirsten; Buzhilova, Alexandra; Conrad, Matthias; Djansugurova, Leyla; Dobeš, Miroslav; Ernée, Michal; Fernández Eraso, Javier; Frøhlich, Bruno; Furmanek, Mirosław; Hałuszko, Agata; Hansen, Svend; Harney, Éadaoin; Hiß, Alina; Hübner, Alexander; M. Key, Felix; Khussainova, Elmira; Kitov, Еgor; Kitova, Alexandra; Knipper, Corina; Kühnert, Denise; Lalueza‐Fox, Carles; Littleton, Judith; Massy, Ken; Mittnik, Alissa; Antonio Mujika Alustiza, José; Olalde, Íñigo; Papac, Luka; Penske, Sandra; Peška, Jaroslav; Pinhasi, Ron; Reich, David; Reinhold, Sabine; Stahl, Raphaela; Stäuble, Harald; I. Tukhbatova, Rezeda; Vasilyev, Sergey; Veselovskaya, Elizaveta; Warinner, Christina; W. Stockhammer, Philipp; Haak, Wolfgang; Krause, Johannes; Herbig, Alexander

doi:10.1073/pnas.2116722119

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Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Apr 12, 2022

Authors:

Aida Andrades Valtueña

Gunnar U. Neumann

Maria A. Spyrou

Abstract

The bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis gave rise to devastating outbreaks throughout human history, and ancient DNA evidence has shown it afflicted human populations as far back as the Neolithic. Y. pestis genomes recovered from the Eurasian Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (LNBA) period have uncover...

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Yersinia pestis

Plague (disease)

Context (archaeology)

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