It Got Better: Life Improved After Black Death, Study Finds

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 16:50 in Health & Medicine

Generations of Europeans who lived after the Black Death were healthier and lived longer than those who lived before the plague's first outbreak, new research shows. The plague may have wiped out the weak and frail, leaving a stronger population behind.

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