Wimpy Cousin of Black Death Still Around

The version of the bubonic plague kicking around today is indeed related to the one that wiped out a third of Europe’s population in the Middle Ages, researchers have confirmed, after DNA testing on 109 ancient skeletons buried in a mass victims’ grave in London revealed a shared gene sequence….

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Wimpy Cousin of Black Death Still Around

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