The plague may have caused the downfall of the Stone Age farmers

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Source: Gunnar Creutz

Ancient DNA from bones and teeth hints at a role of the plague in Stone Age population collapse. Contrary to previous beliefs, the plague may have diminished Europe’s populations long before the major plague outbreaks of the Middle Ages.

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