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Europe's largest Copper Age tomb: children's bones show ancient health crisis
- binaryturtle 5mo agocloudflare blocked. :-(
- rawgabbit 5mo agoScientists found evidence tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases ravaged the population.
- binaryturtle 5mo agoThanks for the quick summary.
- jbotz 5mo agoActually, no. We don't know anything about the "population" because there are no attempts here to look at what percentage of living people/children were affected. We only know that of those children who died, a lot of them had had these specific indications of these specific illnesses (and we can probably assume that in many cases those were the direct or indirect cause of death). Respiratory infections (like tuberculosis) in a population that uses indoor open fires for cooking and heat aren't exactly a big surprise; breathing indoor smoke causes chronic respiratory inflammation, which in turn weakens the immune system and makes the lungs more susceptible to infection.
- abrowne 5mo agoSource article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879981726000252?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187998172...
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- poulpy123 5mo ago> Among them were individuals who had undergone skull surgery (trepanation) I can imagine having a piece of my skull removed without anesthetics, disinfectants, antibiotics and pain relievers