Invalidity in mediaeval times

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Anthropologists at the Basel Institute for Prehistory and Archaeological Science discover evidence for long term invalidity in mediaeval times. Two skeletons reveal that handicapped people were looked after and integrated in society in the 13th century. (swissinfo, Michele Andina)

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