1,500-Year-Old Teeth From German Plague Victims Reveal ‘Repeated Emergence’ Of Deadly Yersinia Pestis Bacteria Scientists are finding clues about the origin and spread of centuries-old European plagues from the most unusual of places: the dental records of long-forgotten plague victims. Teeth from two casualties of the Plague of Justinian, which tore across the Eastern Roman Empire during the 6th century AD, killing as many as 25 million people worldwide, are revealing links between the Justinian plague ...
Jan. 28, 2014 - International Business Times