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Could squirrel fur trade have contributed to England’s medieval leprosy outbreak?
Genetic analysis of a pre-Norman skull unearthed in a garden in Suffolk has added to a growing body of evidence that East Anglia may have been the epicentre of an epidemic of leprosy that spread through medieval England. The authors … Continue reading
‘Omnipresent’ effects of human impact on England’s landscape revealed
The Anthropocene has transformed England, outline researchers in a new report. The Anthropocene — the concept that humans have so transformed geological processes at Earth’s surface that we are living in a new epoch — was formulated by Nobel Laureate … Continue reading