ANTH 1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Iron-Deficiency Anemia
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The worst mistake in the history of the human race. Transition from food foraging to farming (neolithic revolution) May have been the worst mistake in human history or its most important event. Agriculture is an efficient way to get more food for less work. Kalahari bushmen - had plenty of leisure time, sleep a good deal, and work less hard than their farming neighbors. Average time devoted each week to obtaining food is only 12 to 19 hours for one group of bushman. More protein and a better balance of other nutrients. Skeleton reveals its owner"s sex, weight, and approximate age. Many skeletons - can construct mortality tables. Paleopathologists can calculate growth rates by measuring bones of people of different ages, examining teeth for enamel defects (signs of childhood malnutritions), and recognizing scars left on bones by anemia, tb, leprosy, and other diseases.
