Plagues plagued the Bronze Age

DNA analysis shows Yersinia pestis strains infected people long before Black Death

human skeleton at Estonian site

PLAGUED  Bacterial DNA recovered from seven human skeletons, including this nearly 4,500-year-old find from an Estonian site, indicates that plagues spread through Bronze Age European and Asian populations.

Harri Moora

Plagues killed millions of Europeans and Asians starting around 1,500 years ago.