Thanks dynachrome.
Posted on 06/30/2021 5:50:14 PM PDT by dynachrome
Highlights
Yersinia pestis is discovered in a 5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer from Latvia
Y. pestis emerged ∼7,000 years ago at the beginning of the Neolithic
The infected individual might represent a case of septicemic plague due to zoonosis
Summary A 5,000-year-old Yersinia pestis genome (RV 2039) is reconstructed from a hunter-fisher-gatherer (5300–5050 cal BP) buried at Riņņukalns, Latvia. RV 2039 is the first in a series of ancient strains that evolved shortly after the split of Y. pestis from its antecessor Y. pseudotuberculosis ∼7,000 years ago. The genomic and phylogenetic characteristics of RV 2039 are consistent with the hypothesis that this very early Y. pestis form was most likely less transmissible and maybe even less virulent than later strains. Our data do not support the scenario of a prehistoric pneumonic plague pandemic, as suggested previously for the Neolithic decline. The geographical and temporal distribution of the few prehistoric Y. pestis cases reported so far is more in agreement with single zoonotic events.
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" most likely less transmissible and maybe even less virulent"
What could go wrong here?
Latvian grave ping.
Keep Tony “The Bat” Fauci away from it.
5000 years and still going strong regardless. Hope he's had cost of living adjustments in his retirement plan.
I wonder if the chinese have any assets in Latvia?
He’s got Mel Brooks’ 2000 Year Old Man beat.
Was this a bio-engineered virus? Asking for a friend.
It was those dang neanderthals.
Thanks dynachrome.
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