Genetic clues to what really caused Black Death
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 14:30
in Psychology & Sociology
The Black Death arrived in London in the fall of 1348, and although the worst passed in less than a year, the disease took a catastrophic toll. An emergency cemetery in East Smithfield received more than 200 bodies a day between the following February and April, in addition to bodies buried in other graveyards, according to a report from the time.