Black Death: The Disease That Wiped Out Half Of Europe | Secrets in the Bones | Absolute History
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- It was called the Black Death, a disease that started in the 14th century, and swept across Europe wiping out half the population, one of the most lethal killers in human history. But the cause of the Black Death has eluded scientists. Now, Evolutionary biologist Hendrik Poinar embarks on an epic journey to solve the 600-year old mystery and change the way we fight infectious diseases today.
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I saw another video about the Village of Eam in England. They quarantined themselves after the plague appeared because they wanted to protect other villages. Most of them died, but there were survivors. This documentary was about their descendants. It seems those ancient people were immune to plague and now the descendants are either very resistant to or immune to HIV. That is amazing.
That was a good show. Much better than this one
I heard that it is thought now that descendents of plague victims often have autoimmune diseases now. It's crazy how history shapes us!
You should check out the history of the village of Oberammergau in Germany. It has a similar history and due to that is why they host the Passion Play every 10 years. I was lucky enough to attend it in 1970.
Yes they contained the Delta gene or something like that. They tested the descendents that were in Eam and the woman had the same gene. Same with the man that his partner had caught HIV and he didn’t, believe he had Delta as well.
Also the genes give you Crohn disease and some forms of cancer.
9:00- Imagine seeing a horrific plague coming, one that kills 50% of everyone in a week, and having the presence of mind to think, “Whelp, better dig a lot of very big, very deep holes before it gets here!”. And doing so. With that workforce that will largely be gone in a year or two. 😰
Lol I thought the same thing. Let’s get ready and ahead of this….let’s flatten the curve.
Fun fact: Populations whose ancestors were decimated by the plague but also had survivors have been shown to be more resistant to HIV as it’s seemed to have changed something in their genes or immune response (sorry I don’t recall precisely).
Resistance/immunity to plague/HIV isn't due to changes in survivors genes; they survived because of the genes they already had. All cells have receptors aka binding sites (= docking ports), the shape of each type of receptor is determined by a different gene. HIV & Y. pastis enter the same kind of blood cell (CD4) via the same receptor. If the receptor isn't the normal shape neither pathogen can dock & infect the cell.
- Normal gene from Mum & Dad = normal shaped receptor = pathogens get in en masses = disease + death.
- One normal gene 1 & 1 mutated gene = some normal shaped receptors, some distorted shape = fewer pathogens can get in = milder disease = recovery.
- Abnormal gene from both parents = receptors all distorted = pathogens can't get in because they can't dock at the docking ports = exposed to disease but never ill = survived.
Survivors/immune people pass their genes to the next generation so over time a higher percentage of the population will have them, but surviving the diseases doesn't change a person's genes from what they were born with.
@@sandyhenderson441 right! the more people in a family who have the "mutated gene" the less of an impact an illness will have on their family. meanwhile the unlucky members who don't have that gene will be more likely to get sick and die
Those who had one parent were not immune to the plague and still died, but lastet longer. Those with both parents having antibodies from the plague in their dna were immune to hiv
They’re also more prone to autoimmune diseases!
@sandyhenderson441
There's a cell receptor that facilitates entry of a virus (HIV) AND a bacterium (y. pestis)??? Would the bacterium even fit in a human cell? Not saying you're wrong, but I've never heard of anything like that before!
There are few things more horrifying than watching your patient's skin turn black and the layers start to separate, knowing that every time you turn them new pieces will fall off. And we have treatments for it today!
I can think of one thing more horrifying: watching your own skin turning black...
@@castleanthrax1833Yeah think of all the poor negros. 😢
Anyone who physically actually saw a
Mongol in the 12-14th centuries.
Those who did knew nothing but suffering from those days forward.
You're loved ones going through that ....and nothing you could do about it . Horror story
@@castleanthrax1833beat me
That's why your parents told you not to mess with dead animals. That didn't stop me but after watching this, I get it
Yep extalty Why
Not just because of plague
I was never told not to do that. Finding roadkill was like Thanksgiving ...
@@hannahdyson7129yea, other diseases should be included
My mom, too!!!🤒🤕🤢
Filthy.
Music is too loud. I cant hear the actual documentary properly
Probably a copyright issue. I agree that it's very annoying and unpleasant.
😂
At what part? Cuz it seems fine
Imagine filling out your customs form, "Anything to declare?" "Yes im carrying an extract of the Black death"
The marvel really is that nearly half survived. Nearly half the population that were malnourished, weakened by the chronic diseases associated with filth, ignorance and an absence of sewerage. If you compare with Dutch Elm Disease (in trees) or other existential
trauma, then humanity did surprisingly well.
My parents have an Elm tree on their place that survived Dutch Elm disease. It was there when we moved there when I was a kid. It went through a bit of looking extremely rough and like it was dying. Then it just got better. I wonder how many elm trees did survive it?
Next time, can you not have the "background" music so loud. It's supposed to complement not compete with the orator.
complement
there was no need for loud background music.
It’s for copyright calm down
Covid: I am a deadly epidemic!!
Plague: Aww, junior. You're cute!!
Although the black death (bubonic plague) is now easily treated with antibiotics.
With COVID, everyone knows someone who knows someone who died. With the plague, if you survived, you lost family and likely got deathly ill (probably like “hospitalized” status for COVID), yourself. Big difference. 😬
@@misspatvandriverlady7555Well I thought @82dirron’s comment was funny anyway
@@58KymI did, too. But there's one in every comment section.
36:53 F........
Unbelievable that they can extract DNA and sequence it like this.
"Alright, cut the cord. It is time for him to go." .... "LIKE HELL YOU WILL" as he wakes up.
Youre not getting my life insurance yet BIIIIIIITTTCCHHHH!
"Watching 'Secrets in the Bones' unfold the grim tale of the Black Death is a haunting but necessary reminder of the past. The impact of this devastating disease is still felt today, and understanding its history is crucial. Thanks to Absolute History for shedding light on this dark chapter. It's a somber yet educational journey through a harrowing time in human history, emphasizing the importance of science and resilience."
Over the decades, in Californias there have been reports of bubonic plague outbreaks in squirrels, and for people using jogging trails and warn them of the outbreak.
This is crazy, I was reading about bubonic plague on Wikipedia as I was watching this and just as I got to the sentence "Cats rarely develop clinical signs but can be infected." this video started telling Paul's story. 😯
Very glad to hear that Paul survived because to me there is no other disease scarier than the black plague.
I'd love to see an interview with the experts regarding covid vs black death
No comparison. One is bacterial, the other viral. Plague was much more devastating in speed and numbers. And by numbers, I mean PERCENTAGE of deaths per population. There are much more people on the Earth now than there was in the 1300s.
Yes, the world governments were terrified that this Covid pandemic would be as lethal as the black death was. But it wasn’t, not even slightly as dangerous.
But it could have been. 🤞🤞
I wrote a reply commenting on the two unseen replies and not even my reply is counted - still shows unseen 2 plies.
.0001% mortality rate vs. 50%…
why ? there is no comparison, it would be better with 1918 flu - we don't even know if it was with cov or from cov. in the 21st century.
I can almost smell the dead….wait no, it’s my boston terrier farting.
😂
Yep, Boston Terriers are little fart machines.
History is so amazing and what an an adventure it takes you on
The last outbreak of bubonic plague happened in a remote village in Suffolk. This was as recent as the early 1900s, before antibiotics.
Actually there was another more recent one in the country where they filmed LotR killing 3,000 something people before it could be stopped in 2017.
There was a case in Madagascar in 2017
I’m just getting over it now, feel abit stiff but I’m getting there slowly
You do know there are cases of it right now in California right. It does tend to happen when the streets start to be full of literal shit.
@@whitetipvelociraptor5759 what country ?
And so many today wouldn’t believe it, and ignore all health advice, if it happened today. This logic happens when you think you have a right to a certain standard, and forget life is usually much harsher than we have experienced
Like someone in the Blitz in 1940s London saying "I'll put my lights on if I want to!"
Yup but according to people like you , you would be fine because you’ll be listening! Just like you guys that had your amaizng covid vaccines that WORK and masks on mad at others that didn’t get it 😂 if your vaccine and mask work don’t worry!
To all the casualties of the Black Death.Rest In Peace.!!
It's strange that no one would say it's the rats.
And only putting your crap only 29 meters away from your home .
As a person whom has had multiple teeth abscesses the pain can get so bad you wish you were dead. Not to mention the face swelling I've had only to realize later it was my skull swelling not just the meat.
Yes definitely a bad design we should have been given three sets of teeth the third set coming in ur 40s lol
I'm sorry you had to suffer like that, it's awful. God bless you!
@@Rosco-P.Coldchain
Not a bad design. The creator doesn't make mistakes. When Adam and Eve were created they were perfect and perfectly formed for the environment they were to live in. It wasn't until after they disobeyed god that the environment changed as part of their punishment. But someday soon that will all change. Read revelation 21st chapter.
Omg hope ur better noe
God bless you! Your going to be with Jesus I just know it. I feel like a baby complaining about my whoas I have lately. Thanks for sharing!
10:30 "best bone detector in the world"
always thought that would be the humble dog !? oh well...
Bacteria and viruses exist only to reproduce. They do not have an agenda. They do not exist to kill their hosts because without hosts they cannot reproduce. This research is important because bacteria and viruses mutate, but it is important to understand these bacteria and viruses will always exist in some form; except smallpox because we actually put the effort into wiping out that disease, but as was pointed out, there will always be something ready to spread amongst us and as a side effect kill a lot of us.
As we, as humans, have no deliberate natural predators in the food chain except diseases and ourselves.
You've got idiots nowadays that think they shouldn't Vax their kids so I won't be surprised at all if smallpox makes an appearance sad to say.
@kimberlypatton205 ok. Go to the Indian jungle or the Savannah with out a gun. And tell me you don't have any "natural predators"
@@kimberlypatton205We do. Big cats
Without modern guns or weapons they have a big advantage
Muller's Ratchet applies to viruses
Insightful and interesting.
Paul and his wife are the heart of the human spirit.
The knowledge and fortitude of the scientists to meticulously unravel the story of people who died a horrible death 300-600 years ago is beyond my comprehension.
There are so many people who distrust medicine, and I can honestly say I'm one of them at times. After seeing this, I was in awe of the dedication of all the people working together to save lives.
What I don't understand is why humans use that information to hurt or kill others.
I hope everyday you’re grateful that you don’t know how people can commit indescribably evil events. When one grows up in non-nurturing (to put it politely!) environments it makes it much more clear how we’re all capable of great evil.
Doesn’t even have to be that dramatic either- maybe one day someone hits their head very, very hard. Maybe it happened as a child and they’ve *literally never had a say, not matter their environs.*
Trust me- if your life was slightly different you would also be (hint: we all are) capable of such evil.
The last sentence…”Huh?”….
I'm a little disturbed by the lack of facemasks while digging away into medieval mass graves containing mysteriously virulent DNA.
Not quite as creepy as it looks. After hundreds of years and that much decay, the bacteria are long-gone by now.
Anything there is long dead, but the dust they inhale is no joke and can cause complications like developing asthma. They still need masks.
I'm even more disturbed that the people collecting fleas didn't wear any gear either! 🤢
She had to open up a tooth to get it out , sit down Karen
@@bujimonk3027 what does the term "Karen" have to do with anything? The person is only expressing any reasonable fear. 🤣
The intro of the video makes it sound like there is currently a genuine danger posed by the plague. Yes, it appears yearly but cases are extremely rare & it can be treated with a basic antibiotic. What I find most frightening about it is how the Japanese military in WII bred plague infested rats & dropped them on parts of China, wiping out villages. They had a plan to release these biological warfare rats in San Francisco, but their plan was supposed to occur a couple of weeks after Nagasaki & Hiroshima were bombed, which obviously put an end to the plan.
WWII* - as in World War Two
@leo1933 wow! You feel guilt over something that happened when you weren't even born? Virtue signaling sarcasm gets you no where
Pauls spirit is unbreakable he's Incredible & much respect to him
I love how Paul cared for the cat❤️poor Paul but
I'm so glad he's alive❤️
I feel bad for Paul. He just wanted to help to his cat...
Fascinating... thank you.
Great! On the topic I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's 14th century crisis series. There's a lot explained in depth of the main political, military and social issues that were causes and consequences of this
Jewish meddling no doubt.
Super fantastic video!
I don't think I need to watch this to figure out where we are going as a species. Too bad we cant learn from histtory as we should.
Do you think we haven't progressed either medically or as a species from the days of the black plague, plagues?
@@castleanthrax1833 it's not that, it's the way people act and as much progress that's been made there also seems to be a huge decline in morality, lack of respect for life.
@sethnaugle984 I agree with you about humans' lack of morals and respect for life, but I don't believe it's been a decline. I think it's always been that way. We just see today first hand, while the stuff in the past is relayed mostly anecdotally.
Very interesting subject, good luck to you.
This hits different in the '20s
Why are there virtually no films on the Black Death
I just finished watching the documentary on Pompeii and it's amazing how much cleaner the Romans were than medieval Europeans.
Progress isn’t linear and things can be forgotten and humanity move backwards. I learned recently that for hundreds of years lead was extracted from Roman ruins as the knowledge about extracting it naturally had been lost in antiquity
Also noticed that too
So fascinating, this is something that nobody has ever attempted. That's crazy, but to know what wiped out very, very interesting. This should be put in the news For everyone to know
this was slightly disappointing as the experts have identified all the causes previously- Jelena who is given a supporting role in this programme from the musem of London is an expert in this field. Fascinating about the dna sequeuncing though.
Poor Paul from the cat. Nuts. I had no idea cats carry the black death ☠️☠️☠️☠️💀
Music is louder than the narrator's voice.
Watching this Doc casually getting ready for work... Gets to the part about Fort Collins... That's where I live!
Flipping amazing!
Recreate the most devastating pathogen known to man .
What could possibly go wrong?
You're a moron if that's what you extracted, pun intended, from this doc. I fear for our future...
Lmao
This is so interesting for me. I am an Alpha1. I have had to have a double lung transplant as a result of the lack of Alpha 1 to protect my lungs. I was told that as an Alpha 1, i am immune to the plague. I am wondering if the testing included whether the victims were genetically tested fkr Alpha 1. Would be very interested in the resilts.
Maybe you should ask people who know what they are talking about. And not about concern that bacteria might fuse with virae and undergo drastic genetic changes.
Won't you be so happy when lung transplants will not longer needed?
Yes it will happen for Revelation 21st chapter says all pain will be gone. Please read it.
@@huskigirl123 Please refrain, cook.
@@huskigirl123very dangerous to read the Bible literally. The Bible is almost like metaphors and poems. You should look into people that teach you how to read it properly ❤🙏🏻
Hard to hear a lot of the speech because the music is too loud in a LOT of the places.
It’s because this was a TV show and this channel just copied it. TV shows from a while ago used different sound bars
Its not that, its simply the way CZcams encodes videos
I am so very grateful that you upload these fascinating documentaries for us to watch for free.
But can you please fix the issue of the music being so incredibly loud and overpowering? Louder then the dialogue.
It has been an issue with your uploads for so long now and it must be fixable. It might be because I have sensory processing issues, but it makes it nearly impossible for me to watch and enjoy your great content.
I am really not trying to be rude, I am just trying to give constructive criticism
I agree it's hard for us who have sensory processing issues
I have watched this entire fascinating video. But one question it could easily have answered, but didn't even ask, was "could digging up ancient plague DNA infect the scientists who were digging them up, thus risking spreading another massive Black Plague pandemic in the 21st Century?"
That's exactly what I was thinking.
The plague was a bacterial infection , in modern times we are lucky to have an array of good antibiotics...so I don't think it will be a problem
That's because it needn't be asked. If there was viable DNA that could be effective in being a vector for said condition, they wouldn't need to search so deeply, with state-of-the-art technology, to complete it's genome!
In other words, if there was a 'dangerous' sample that could make someone sick, they would have the full genome right there and then! It's not possible for it to be dangerous by virtue of the very fact that no one has contracted the disease in the thousands of attempts to gain access to its DNA!
Daniel Defoe’s book narrates the London plague. “Journal of the Plague Year”. Very interesting.
Yeah but that is mostly fiction.
Turn up the narration voices, the background music is overwhelming and very distracting.
Im surprised as to why they didn't also go to Eyam village. Those killed by the plague are well documented and buried. It might be a link between the centuries.
Just wash your hands before dinner!
I like to smell other people's fingers because it helps me deal with stress 😩
Sometimes when I can't find anyone I look for the nearest toilet and lift the seat part and take a huge wiff
Works every time 😊
Pestus? I thought you had said, Festus, and I thought of Gunsmoke.
😂😂😂
Doc: Yur a sinna Festus!
Festus: Doc wotdcha jest say?! Now them thars fightin words!
Very interesting indeed.
One thing being overlooked in this is that , in medieval times human fleas and human body lice were incredibly common in the country. It’s been proven that human body lice is one of the biggest culprits in the spread of bubonic plague- alongside fleas. The lack of anything remotely resembling sanitation permitted the disease to spread throughout communities across the country.
It amazes me how smart these people are😮real assets
i wonder how many native americans died from this?
Mystery? I thought it was wildly known already? Am I missing something ^.^'
No, not really.
This is it! Exactly what we came for! Is at 49:50, 2 minutes before the end of video. Look forward to a follow up video that tells of their results looking for the alleles.
昔の文献を見ながら歴史を考察するのはイギリス文化のいいところなんだがなあ。
Fascinating episode.
People moved around rather quickly and far in those days just using horses and wagons in a relatively short time. That's the most astonishing aspect about this plague spread.
So cool
Very interesting. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this video, it was interesting learning about what caused the plague the rat flea, if they knew more about what caused it back then things may have been different.
History does repeat itself so it’s good we understand more about this Black Death. We should be prepared anyway.
A good book to read is “The Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis. It’s science fiction but very apropos.
Doctor who meets Indiana Jones? You mean River Song ?
Would be nice if background music was a lot quieter. Couldnt hardly hear people talking
it would be good if you could have one of those now
When you play the music it's as loud as the human voice and I can barely hear the human voice over the music
This will come back seeing California and Philly ....
This guy gives big jurassic park scientist vibes
The most terrifying & tragic appearance of the plague in modern times is now the Japanese military during WW2 bred plague infested rats & dropped them on parts of China, wiping out villages. They had a plan to release these biological warfare rats in San Francisco, but their plan was supposed to occur a couple of weeks after Nagasaki & Hiroshima were bombed, which obviously put an end to the plan.
THE HUMAN SCIENTISTS SHOULD SAY THANKYOU TO OUR ANCESTORS AND TO THE COMPUTERS WHO REMADE THE VIRUS FROM THE DEAD PEOPLE
I like Mr. Gage's tie.
Now that was a lotta folks.
It seems that a lot of the background was left out by not talking about India and China, where it apparently came from.
What about Africa.?Middle East ?
Far East?. Eurasia?
Timbuktu and Morocco too?
Ok. That last one just popped into my head.
😂😂😂
Is it assumed that anyone alive today with English ancestry has some immunity to plague?
Be careful who you mix with keep you distance
We should worry about a yersinia pestis epidemic,emanating from a BSL4 laboratory,not prairie dogs.Dr MartynPhipps.
Population loss in Europe was so severe that labor shortages essentially created a nascent middle class.
Very interested in topic but couldnt continue watching. The music was too much
Great documentary but the feckin music all the way through was ruddy annoying.....
The vitamin c mixture from rose hips, attributed to nostradamus helped save alot of people.
I’m assuming that the video of the graduate student at McMaster University simply shows how she would go about the process, rather than her actually dealing with a real tooth as that tooth did not look real whatsoever.
Question. How do we know that the bones of the female they are checking for the Black Death were all her bones?
DNA they explained it in the video x
She doesn't look that happy that her husband survived 😂
Is too scary to watch people die with horrible dizize
Idea.... go find a noble who is entombed in a monastery that is still in existence.... that'd be a good start for finding black death, prolly be the easiest way to figure out if it's yosenius pestest or not.
Black death by no mean was a Europe-exclusive epidemy, Italy wasn't ground zero and it's stupid to assume its victims were only europeans.
One of many stupid assumptions in this video.
Ok, fine. That gets to my question. If the disease "came from the east", where exactly was that? Shouldn't it have killed off half of India and China too?
Did you even watch the video? At 5:30 it says the plague came from the East.
It is thought to have started it china
Thats exactly what they show in the documantary, It came from the east, this docu is about the effects in Europe.
That dude on the thumbnail looks like Jordan Peterson 😂
was it ever once considered that once mapped the disease could be replicated or mutated and dispatched?
Bubonic plague and it’s mutated airborne form pneumonic plague really did a number, didn’t they?
Not really mutated. Just the way that the disease began to build up within the lungs and the subsequent symptoms - lungs start to fill with blood - patient coughs and begins to pass on.
Way too many commercials, so I quit watching after the 3rd set only 11 minutes in.
Omg when the poor, sick girl coughed and a huge spray of Black Death came out!
😮
Oh my god!!!!