Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago
We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/hunter-gatherers-in-siberia-died-of-a-plague-outbreak-5500-years-ago/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica I'd say about half the articles and grafs from this account annoy me in some way. If they're not about cars so expensive that probably no one reading them could own them, or care, they're smug remarks projecting the writer's own arrogant ignorance.
A single plague among hunter-gathers neither proves nor disproves anything, and the subject (an actual scientist) never says that. There's no reason plague could not strike ANY human group, of any size or habit.
@arstechnica Relatable: