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Ep 5 Plague Part 1: The GMOAT

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Evolution of the Plague Bacteria

The plague bacterium jumped from harmless little beep bop to destroyer of worlds. In central Asia, right as farming was taking off, it thrives in so-called domestic rodents. As human populations grew, they expanded into natural areas,. And fleas were happy to jump from wild to domestic rat and vice versa.

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