ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 89: Porotic Hyperostosis, Mycobacterium Bovis, Degenerative Disease
19 Oct 2017
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1st epidemiological transition: 10,000 years ago food productions & emerging diseases : food production altered human relationships with environment, archaeological evidence ~ 10,000 - 12,000 y. a. 99% of human history as foragers: small, mobile groups, diversi ed diet, palaeolithic diet - lots of vegetables, low in fat, sodium, and carbs. Impact of agriculture (~ 10,000 ya: change in the way humans interact with their environment, major changes in diet, changes in demography, economy, sedentary communities, increased population density. Consequences of agriculture: new opportunities for zoonoses (infectious disease acquired from animals, sedentism (garbage, human waste, high population densities favour herd diseases (person -> person) E. g. measles, small pox, etc: infectious disease & malnutrition synergy. Skeletal indicators of stress: porotic hyperostosis: iron de ciency anemia, cribra orbitalia: iron de ciency anemia, increased dental disease and abscesses, linear enamel hypoplasias (on teeth): general indicator of stress during growth and development.
