Plague in Swedish Tomb

Plague in Swedish Tomb

Recent research has suggested plague first infected humans in Europe and Asia in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age. In 2018, researchers found traces of Yersinia pestis in an old Swedish tomb. This could have been linked to the "Neolithic decline" around 3000 B.C.

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