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Archeology shows how ancient African societies managed pandemics

From time to time, an epidemic emerges that dramatically changes human society. The Black Death (1347 – 1351) was one of them; The Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there is COVID-19. Archaeologists have long been studying diseases in past populations. To do this, they consider a wide range of evidence: layout, graves, grave… Read More »

Archeology shows how ancient African societies managed pandemics

From time to time, an epidemic emerges that dramatically changes human society. The Black Death (1347 – 1351) was one of them; The Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there is COVID-19. Archaeologists have long been studying diseases in past populations. To do this, they consider a wide range of evidence: layout, graves, grave… Read More »