Ground Zero for the Black Death has finally been found 600 years later...

[DGUtley]

Ground Zero for the Black Death has finally been found 600 years later...


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The origins of the deadly Black Death have been discovered more than 600 years after it entered the human population, scientists have said. The medieval, bubonic plague was first recorded in the 14th century and was the start of a near 500-year-long wave of killer diseases termed the Second Plague Pandemic.

The Black Death killed millions and was considered one of the largest infectious disease catastrophes in human history. Despite years of research, the geographic and chronological origin of the disease remained a mystery.



But researchers said they believe the Black Death first originated in North Kyrgyzstan in the late 1330s. The team, from Scotland’s University of Stirling and Germany’s Max Planck Institute and University of Tubingen, analysed ancient DNA (aDNA) taken from the teeth of skeletons discovered in cemeteries near Lake Issyk Kul in the Tian Shan region of Kyrgyzstan.


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[Red Lily]

On China's doorstep.

[Standing Wolf]

On China's doorstep.

Are you suggesting that a 14th Century Chinese scientist might have created it in their lab?

I read a wonderful book many years ago called 'Rats, Lice and History' by Hans Zinsser. First published in 1935, it is a "biography" of the Plague, written for the layman, and is a very good read. One of my very favorite popular science books, along with Carl Sagan's 'The Dragons of Eden', about the evolution of the human brain.

[Peter1469]

Central Asia. The Mongol Chagatai Khanate was in charge at that point in history.

[MisterVeritis]

Are you suggesting that a 14th Century Chinese scientist might have created it in their lab?

And paid for by someone named Fauci.

[Standing Wolf]

And paid for by someone named Fauci.

That should probably be spelled Fow-chi.