Oldest Plague Cases in Britain Date to the Bronze Age
Three cases of plague, a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, have been found in Bronze Age remains in Britain. They’re the oldest cases yet found in the United Kingdom.Twitter Is Shifting Right | Future TechTwo of the cases were identified in a mass burial in Somerset and the third was found in a cairn in Cumbria, near Scotland. The research team who identified the cases published their findings today in Nature Communications.“These genomes can inform us of the spread and evolutionary changes of pathogens in…