"New study sheds light on survivors of the Black Death" Topic

"A new study suggests that people who survived the medieval mass-killing plague known as the Black Death lived significantly longer and were healthier than people who lived before the epidemic struck in 1347.

Caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, the Black Death wiped out 30 percent of Europeans and nearly half of Londoners during its initial four-year wave from 1347 -- 1351.

Released Wednesday (May 7) in the journal PLOS ONE, the study by University of South Carolina anthropologist Sharon DeWitte provides the first look at how the plague, called bubonic plague today, shaped population demographics and health for generations…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Interesting article but how strange.

Is it really necessary to open thirty threads today?

Is it really necessary to open thirty threads today?

Probably not. But there's nothing in the rules to say he can't …

No more necessary than to ask pointless questions I suppose.

I found the article quite interesting, thanks Armand!

I wonder, however, how one can know that longer lifespans are the result of living through the plague (which this article implies), and not improvement in nutrition and standards of living. Since reduction in population led to falling prices for food and higher wages for most peasants and laborers, and since pre-plague Europe was generally malnourished, that seems to me an equally plausible explanation for longevity. -- Hans

Exactly! That is one of the things that makes the whole idea interesting. And those folks who lived through the plague were probably of stronger constitution to begin with, and thus their offspring would presumably be stronger as well.

People who are healthy enough to survive the plague live longer.
What a breakthrough!

There is a bad Star Trek episode in this somewhere…

LOL the Omega Glory!

Interesting to read, as were the related articles on that page, thanks for posting!

Happy yoy enjoyed it boys!.
pegasusfridge… bad beginning in the forum my friend.(smile).

Amicalement
Armand

thanks Tango. Interesting read

The pox was bearing up on pegasusfridge me thinks, and thus he forgot his manners ;)
I'm sure it all had to do with the spores from the plague inhabiting their earthly hosts after the attack, its all to do with them aliens I think. Its no conspiracy folks look who's in charge at the moment in parliament Gents 8-D

Whe are the only species that keep the week living if whe can….

pegasusfridge – don't worry about it. It's been pointed out how rude it is to ignore how annoying it is to other members but he doesn't care.

Really puts off a lot of people who might otherwise appreciate his contributions (if done in a more measured manner).

It's more than just the not geting sick side of the health issue. If you didn't get killed by the plague then your lifestyle improved – there was spare land to be taken over, there were untended livestock to be traded, there was the gain of wealth through straight inheritence. The reduction in the labour force also drove up wages – which means your family ends up better fed and sheltered, and the individual can work less and earn more.

For many the black death was a real step-up the economic ladder.

No more necessary than to ask pointless questions I suppose.

I found the article quite interesting, thanks Armand!

Here! Here!

Very interesting indeed Armand.

Darrell.

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Glad you enjoyed the article too boys!. (smile).

Amicalement
Armand