A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death NYT - Science By: Carl Zimmer 17 June 2026 at 20:45 The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.
The oldest known plague outbreak struck Siberian hunter gatherers 5,500 years ago ZME Science By: Rupendra Brahambhatt 17 June 2026 at 14:22 This horrid disease has been with us for much longer than we thought.