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The Black Death

The plague that killed a quarter of the people of Europe in the years 1348–1350 is still studied to shed light on human behavior under conditions of universal catastrophe

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 210 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Black Death” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 210 No. 2 (), p. 114
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0264-114