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Archaeologist Rachel Schats on Science071 about malaria in medieval low countries

Osteoarchaeologist Rachel Schats investigates traces of malaria in old human skeletons. Even though the disease cannot be spotted directly in bone material, you may find traces of it, for example through porosity caused by anemia, linked to malaria. Rachel was a guest in the programme Science071 on Radio Sleutelstad. The interview was in Dutch.

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