ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Porotic Hyperostosis, Iron-Deficiency Anemia, Zoonosis
28 Mar 2016
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Ten key quesions that forensic anthropologists ask (cont. Food producion altered human relaionships w/ environment. Culivaion of plants & domesicaion of animals. Associated with major changes in human way of life. Shits in human ecology -> new disease ecology. Paleolithic diet lots of vegetables, low in fat, sodium, and carbohydrates. Change in the way humans interact with their environment. New opportuniies for zoonoses infecious diseases acquired from animals (ex: swine, inluenza) High populaion densiies favour herd diseases (person person) (e. g. measles, smallpox, etc ) Linear enamel hypoplasias (on teeth) general indicator of stress during growth and development. New opportuniies for zoonoses [infecious diseases acquired from animals] Rats louse- and lea-borne diseases (e. g. bubonic plague) Changes in dental health over time (prehistoric & historic us) 1900: pneumonia & inluenza; tuberculosis; diarrhea & enteriis; diseases of the heart; 1967: heart disease ^; cancer ^; cerebral hemorrhage; accidents ^; pneumonia & inluenza \/; diseases of early infancy; arteriosclerosis; diabetes mellitus; circulatory diseases.
