Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago
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"Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 9 articles from 9 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Archaeology News Online Magazine, AP News, ScienceDaily and Smithsonian Magazine. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 52d ago.
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Coverage (9)
- 5,500-year-old plague outbreak killed Siberian hunter-gatherers, ancient DNA reveals Archaeology News Online Magazine · 55d ago
- Ancient teeth from Siberia rewrite the plague’s timeline, dating back to over 5,500 years ago AP News · 55d ago
- Ancient DNA reveals plague was already killing humans 5,500 years ago ScienceDaily · 55d ago
- New Discovery That Hunter-Gatherer Children Died of Plague More Than Five Millennia Ago Sets Back the Date of the Earliest Outbreak Smithsonian Magazine · 55d ago
- Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago Ars Technica · 55d ago
- New evidence of origin of the black death a ‘complete surprise’ experts say Global News · 56d ago
- Ancient teeth from Siberia rewrite the plague’s timeline, dating back to over 5,500 years ago ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 56d ago
- Ancient graves held a grim mystery. DNA revealed the oldest known plague outbreaks. The Washington Post · 56d ago
- Hunter-gatherer cemeteries reveal an ancient plague’s earliest known victims CNN · 56d ago
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