Inside Europe's largest Copper Age tomb, children's bones expose an ancient health crisis hidden for 5,000 years - Phys.org
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Inside Europe's largest Copper Age tomb, children's bones expose an ancient health crisis hidden for 5,000 years - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Sandee Oster

Nearly 5,000 years ago, respiratory infections, possibly including tuberculosis, were ravaging the children buried at Camino del Molino (CMOL), Spain. The massive circular burial cave carved into rock is Europe’s largest Copper Age mass burial, containing ove…