#siberia

[scitechchron]

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .June 19th, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .June 19th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 72 Who Said this? You know you've created God in your image when He hates the same people you do. Today, 382 links Curated Toda

[shykerofficial]

[ancestorslonglongago]

Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak - AOL

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago

“The earliest evidence for an outbreak of plague has been uncovered at late stone age cemeteries in south-eastern Siberia where dozens of hunter-gatherers and their children were buried.”

[follow-up-news]

Oldest evidence of a plague outbreak found in prehistoric graves, rewriting the disease’s history

A new study suggests an ancient version of plague most likely spread among family members in hunter-gatherer groups, with children thought t

In prehistoric graves of children in Siberia, scientists have found the world’s oldest evidence of a plague outbreak. The discovery, described in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, rewrites the history of one of the most consequential diseases in human history. The graves, on the banks of the Angara River, contained remains from multiple generations of hunter-gatherers, along with archaeological remnants like arrowheads that date back about 5,500 years. When researchers did genetic testing on the skeletons’ teeth, they found DNA of the bacterium that causes plague in about 40%. The study’s lead author, Ruairidh Macleod, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford, said one grave contained a set of cousins or sisters 4 to 9 years old. “We see three very young girls, all buried at the same time, having presumably died at the same time. We detect lots of plague DNA in all three of these individuals,” he said, adding, “It’s clearly having a very tragic impact on the children in particular in these communities.” The study suggests there were two separate plague outbreaks in the hunter-gatherer communities. It’s the first evidence that an ancient version of plague most likely spread among family members and that it affected prehistoric groups not previously thought to have been devastated by the disease. Although a previous study described a plague infection in a single hunter-gatherer who died about 5,000 years ago in present-day Latvia, it did not find evidence of an outbreak or human-to-human transmission.

[247bulletinnews]

Plague: Oldest epidemic killed hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago in Siberia

Researchers date the first plague epidemic that killed hunter-gatherer groups in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia to nearly 5,500 years ago. About 5,500 years ago, groups of hunter-gatherers lived in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia and sustained themselves from its rich resources, mainly game such as moose, deer, fish, seals and marmots, a type of rodent. These people were the victims of the…

[danagoof]

Fic: Siberia Ch: 35 Fight Song

"Bradley Uppercrust," he choked out, his voice breathless. "Where is he? Where did they take him?"

The receptionist looked up from her computer. Her eyes flicked from Max's face down to the drying blood coating his hands and shirt. "Are you family?"

"Please!" he screamed, the shout made his lower back throb with blinding pain. "He was just brought in by the X-Games ambulance. Where is he?"

"Only immediate family is allowed into…"

"You don't understand!" He leaned over the desk, unable to keep from shouting at the woman, causing eyes around him to fixate on him. "He's here because of me. Please, I just need to know if he's alive. I have to see him. Please."

Chapter 35: Fight Song

[mukhametchin]

[shykerofficial]