History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Osteoporosis, Smallpox, Kidney Stone Disease

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

Why have humans survived for so long: neanderthals coexisted along humans for a long time. Tricks passed on: people started to start practicing anti contamination methods knowing what was bad for your body. Knowing you should not have led bodies laying around. They have survived for a long time. Responses that everything has that is natural. Anthropological timeline ca 3. 5 million bp*: start of paleolithic period: nomadic, hunter/gather. A modern phenomenon, diet low in carbs, based on eating foods that you can gather yourself. Cavemen wondering around, looking for food, hunting, collecting fruit a very active, hard lifestyle: chipped stone tools. To show that these people had tools they are able to engage in sophisticated problem solving ca 10 000 bp: neolithic period begins: permanent settlements. They situated themselves ideally near water. Not just going crops, now they are raising animals and slaughtering them instead of hunting them: polished/ground stone tools.