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Ancient DNA uncovers deadly plague outbreak among Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago
Plague is commonly associated with rats, crowded medieval cities, and the epidemics that swept across Europe during and after the Middle Ages. But a new study published in Nature shows that the disease was already lethal 5,500 years ago, when it killed humans in small, mobile hunter-gatherer commun...
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What happenedAncient DNA uncovers deadly plague outbreak among Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Could this ancient burial site be the oldest lethal plague outbreak?". The center frames it as "Ancient DNA uncovers deadly plague outbreak among Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years a...".
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Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
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Left / center-leftCould this ancient burial site be the oldest lethal plague outbreak?
Scientific American · Center-left · News report
CenterAncient DNA uncovers deadly plague outbreak among Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago
Phys.org · Center · News report
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Ancient DNA uncovers deadly plague outbreak among Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago
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Plague is commonly associated with rats, crowded medieval cities, and the epidemics that swept across Europe during and after the Middle Ages. But a new study published in Nature shows that...
