My students responded okay to the Black Death material today (well this is just the first tutorial). I ended up going on an extended ramble about vectors and trade and comparing historical documents with scientific research and bioarchaeology and paleopathology lol
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I think there had been a recent study tracing it to marmots when I was reading up on it, I remember making the point that this does not mean there was a big influx of marmots into Europe, there would have to have been intermediary steps
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Marmots may have been the first vector, but the possibility for various vectors, like rats, camels, or even just fleas existing on marmot furs etc. are all possible and likely given trade routes etc.
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