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The rat-spread plague Jiang identifies through DNA evidence and treats as the main disease force weakening Europe.
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bubonic plague
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Jiang identifies the plague as bubonic plague spread by rats, known through DNA evidence, and says it had long been present across the connected world.
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"Okay, let's talk about the plague, okay? The plague, yes. It killed most Europeans, yes. Because Europeans were living on farms, right? So they..."
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"...were rats on these ships, and these rats spread basically the bubonic plague. Now historians believe that it actually came from the steppes, the..."
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