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Kristina Sessa Co-Authors "Paleoscience and the Study of Late Antiquity"

December 22, 2025

Kristina Sessa Co-Authors "Paleoscience and the Study of Late Antiquity"

a tooth from human remains found outside of modern Istanbul in which scientists detected aDNA (ancient DNA) from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague

History Professor Kristina Sessa co-edited a special issue of Studies in Late Antiquity on paleosciences and the study of the premodern world. "Late Antiquity and the Paleosciences: New Frontiers" will be available for free on open access for a few weeks.
 

Read the issue.