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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katharine Hay

Place where Black Death emerged is discovered after more than 600 years

PA Media

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.

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