TB's extraordinary evolution reveals why the ancient disease lives on Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals why it's so hard to stamp out this ancient disease, writes Carl Zimmer

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Black Death Bacterium Evolved to be Less Aggressive to Kill Victims Slowly Learn more about Yersinia pestis, the bacteria behind the ‘Black Death,’ which changed over time to cause less virulent, but longer pandemics.

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