A sharper picture of a pandemic: Uncovering the complex history of the plague after the Black Death
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{ "epilogue": "Recent scientific studies utilized ancient DNA to reveal that the plague returned in waves across Europe for centuries following the Black Death, while also compounding crises like wars and drought in Estonia. Additional findings indicated that the plague killed entire families and hunter-gatherers in Siberia thousands of years prior to the Black Death.
Epilogue added 31m ago, after coverage quieted.
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