People who lived 5500 years ago on the shores of Siberia’s Lake Baikal survived by hunting deer and game and catching fish. At times, marmots were on the menu, too—a decision with deadly consequences.
A new study suggests these hunter-gatherers contracted Yersinia pestis, the highly infectious bacterium responsible for plague, from contact with these large, ground-dwelling rodents.
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