The Black Death, caused by the spread of the yersinia pestis bacteria by rats, ... In other words, we found the Black Death's source strain and we even know its exact date: 1338." ...

The Black Death also devastated the Middle East, reaching Antioch in 1348-49, Mecca and Mosul in 1349, and Yemen in 1351. It then hung around until the 17th Century, with the Great Plague of 1665 ...

Andrew Stuttaford collects sources arguing that the depopulation that followed the Black Death of 1348 had a silver lining:. In 1300 England’s population had been around six million. In 1350 ...

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more transmissible ...

The Black Death, its initial outburst, killed around 30 to 50 percent of the population of Europe between 1347 and 1352 and - to this day - represents the deadliest disease wave in recorded history.

The Decameron opened with scenes of dead and dying bodies in the streets of Firenze, with seemingly nobody unaffected by the Black Death, which ravaged Europe from 1347 to 1351.In that relatively ...

Scientists rethink source of bubonic plague in Europe 00:45. Our Medieval ancestors left us with a biological legacy: Genes that may have helped them survive the Black Death make us more ...

Story Source: Materials provided by McMaster University. Original written by Michelle Donovan. ... Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death. Nature, 2022; DOI: 10.1038/s41586 ...

The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the space of seven years in the 14th century, shifting the course of human history.

The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. It began to spread through Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in 1346 and killed up to 30 to 50 percent of the population ...