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Plagues upon the Earth
Book • 2021
Plagues Upon the Earth offers a comprehensive view of how infectious diseases have shaped human history, from early origins to modern pandemics.
The book intertwines historical narratives with insights from genetics, highlighting the entanglement of disease with societal factors like slavery, colonialism, and technological progress.
It also explores how human advancements have both mitigated and exacerbated disease risks.
The book intertwines historical narratives with insights from genetics, highlighting the entanglement of disease with societal factors like slavery, colonialism, and technological progress.
It also explores how human advancements have both mitigated and exacerbated disease risks.
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Tom Holland as a brilliant new book exploring the history of disease from Homo erectus to COVID.
Tom Holland as a brilliant new book exploring the history of disease from Homo erectus to COVID.
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146. Disease vs. the rise of civilisation
