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Health and illness in Prehistoric Europe: Linguistic evidence of beliefs in preventive care, causes and treatments

Posted on 19/11/2011 by Adam Hyllested — No Comments ↓

 To stay sound and healthy is obviously one of man’s timeless concerns. Most early societies seem to have believed that diseases could have both natural and supernatural causes. Blame was often heaped upon evil spirits that had entered into the Continue reading Health and illness in Prehistoric Europe: Linguistic evidence of beliefs in preventive care, causes and treatments→

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