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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Julia Beaumont

What medieval skeletons tell us about long-term health and life expectancy

A mass burial was uncovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital - (PA)

Beneath churchyards in London and Lincolnshire lie the chemical echoes of famine, infection and survival preserved in the teeth of those who lived through some of the most catastrophic periods in English history.

In a new study, my colleagues and I examined over 270 medieval skeletons to investigate how early-life malnutrition affected long-term health and life expectancy.

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