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It seems that there was, in some locations such as Europe, a large-scale 'replacement' of native populations by Yamnaya or Indo-Europeans. The closest analogue in modern times we have is the European peopling of the Americas, with diseases like Smallpox being a huge component to the course of events. Could smallpox, itself, have been responsible? Would it have had a significant impact on urbanized centers during the Bronze age that may have contributed to the worldwide 'Bronze Age Collapse'?

Even more so now since COVID, I find the idea of how disease has impacted human culture so fascinating and underappreciated. I'd love to learn more about it.

I've seen this often when they talk about ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.

Hello, I just had this question and I could not sleep without an answer. So imagine that I broke my nose and got a nose job to fixe it up or if I wanted to get a chin modification or any modification. After many years of good fossilization and preservation a team of archeologists found me, could they tell that I got those modification? Because this is a new technology I know that currently they can tell if people got a broken nose and it got cured and survived or a broken arm.

But in the case we are talking of fixing something to look perfect, idk if this makes sense. I am pretty tired and waaay past my bed time plus english is not my first language. If further explanation is needed I would love to explain it more. Thanks!