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As agricultural populations migrated to Europe, they very likely carried pathogens with them, inflicting an additional mortality blow on indigenous foraging groups with no comparable history of exposure.
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10/24/2026
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The Other Side of the Agricultural Revolution: How Disease Helped Farmers Defeat Hunter-Gatherers
youtubeDwarkesh Patel10/24/2026
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