Question

edit the following statement to correct any errors. if the statement doesn’t contain any errors, click the “no errors” button.
a human disease from almost seven hundred years ago made headlines again recently, in 2011, scientists reported reconstructing the dna of the bacterium responsible for the black death of 1347–51.
recently, in 2011 scientists + recently in 2011, scientists + recently. in 2011, scientists + recently. when scientists, in 2011, + no errors

Explanation:

The original sentence has a comma - splice error. The two independent clauses "A human disease from almost seven hundred years ago made headlines again" and "in 2011, scientists reported reconstructing the DNA of the bacterium responsible for the Black Death of 1347 - 51" are joined by just a comma. Splitting them into two sentences with a period makes it grammatically correct.

Answer:

A human disease from almost seven hundred years ago made headlines again. In 2011, scientists reported reconstructing the DNA of the bacterium responsible for the Black Death of 1347 - 51.