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How germs shaped human history
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:42:21
Publish Date: 2023-06-26 23:00:00
Description:

As recent history has shown us, human societies can prove surprisingly frail in the face of a tiny, yet powerful force: the microbes that cause infectious disease. Speaking with Matt Elton, Jonathan Kennedy explores the myriad ways in which pandemics have shaped the course of human history.


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