Black Death: A Clue to Where the Plague Originated

By fishing shards of bacterial DNA from the teeth of bodies in a cemetery, researchers found the starting point for the plague that devastated Eurasia, they say.
Source: NYT Health - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Bubonic Plague Epidemics Kyrgyzstan Cemeteries History (Academic Subject) Teeth and Dentistry Archaeology and Anthropology Nature (Journal) Research Source Type: news