Podcast (audio only): did the Black Death reach sub-Saharan Africa and ....

Описание: New archaeological evidence suggests the same black plague that decimated Europe also took its toll on sub-Saharan Africa. Host Sarah Crespi talks with Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade about diverse medieval sub-Saharan cities that shrank or even disappeared around the same time the plague was stalking Europe.

Read the story: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/...

In a second archaeological story, Meagan Cantwell talks with Gustavo Politis, professor of archaeology at the National University of Central Buenos Aires and the National University of La Plata, about new radiocarbon dates for giant ground sloth remains found in the Argentine archaeological site Campo Laborde. The team’s new dates suggest humans hunted and butchered giant ground sloths in the late Pleistocene, about 12,500 years ago.

Read the study: http://advances.sciencemag.org/conten...

This week’s episode was edited by Podigy
https://podigy.co/

Listen to previous podcasts
http://www.sciencemag.org/podcasts

About the Science Podcast http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast

[Image: Ife-Sungbo Archaeological Project; Music: Jeffrey Cook]

++
Authors: Sarah Crespi; Lizzie Wade, Meagan Cantwell