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2010-10-8

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Anthropologists claim to have proven that Yersinia pestis was responsible for the Black Death in Medieval Europe.

Iran releases Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist Homa Hoodfar, who had been held since June, as the countries begin talks on restoration of diplomatic ties.
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German scientists confirm that the cause of the Great Plague of London from 1665–1666 was "Yersinia pestis" (cause of the Bubonic plague).
2016-09-8

In preparation for a government-proposed transportation tunnel, anthropologists discover 6,000-year-old charcoal at a site near Stonehenge suggesting an encampment existed much earlier than previously theorized.
2014-12-20

"Nature" publishes Penn State University findings of Ancient shells with 430,000-year-old engravings believed to be made by "Homo erectus", changing beliefs on artistic expression and tool use by ancestors of "Homo sapiens". Dutch anthropologist Eugene Dubois found the collection in Java in 1891 and Penn State discovered the markings in a museum in the city of Leiden.
2014-12-9

DNA analysis reveals that the Plague of Justinian responsible for killing up to half the population of Europe in the 6th century CE was caused by a variant of "Yersinia pestis", the same bacterium believed to have caused the Black Death.
2014-01-28

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2010-10-8

Anthropologist

Anthropologists claim to have proven that Yersinia pestis was responsible for the Black Death in Medieval Europe.

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