According to Gizmodo's io9, researchers have rewritten the history of one of humanity's deadliest diseases. New evidence shows the outbreak actually occurred centuries earlier than previously thought—long before the Middle Ages—and inflicted a death toll far greater than historical records indicated. This discovery fundamentally changes how we understand this disease's origins and its true impact on civilization.

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