Harvard researcher: Ancient livestock may have carried plague across Eurasia
Study by Max Planck Institute and partners detects the late neolithic bronze age plague strain in a 4,000-year-old Arkaim sheep, linking human and animal infections.
Archaeological sheep bones unveiled at a Bronze Age site in the Eurasian steppe. Ancient animal bones are the key to understanding the origins of zoonotic infectious diseases.(photo credit: Björn Reichhardt)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF