I got thinking about the Justinian Plague, and since I live on Failing Memory Lane, tried a search on Justinian Yersinia Pestis, and hit the following link. Apparently the pest’s DNA has shown up in 6th century remains. I’d look in past GGG topics, but I don’t wanna know just how forgetful I am.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(13)70323-2/fulltext
Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis
David M Wagner, PhD
Jennifer Klunk, BS
Michaela Harbeck, PhD
Alison Devault, MA
Nicholas Waglechner, MSc
Jason W Sahl, PhD
et al.
Published:January 28, 2014
and, there’s Neolithic evidence as well, if the guy at the next linked YT vid can be believed.
Aha...good work