MICROBIO 140P Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jared Diamond, Fertile Crescent, Amazon River
20 Mar 2016
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Proximate causes of disease: pathogens; agents of disease ultimate causes of disease: black death=> looked to god and the stars. Jared diamond: theory: there is a social and political context of disease: yali: asked the big question. Why does africa remain low on the political totem pole: eurasian imperialism: There is a strand of dna in the mitochondria that is from only the mom so it can be traced through all motherly ancestors tracing back to one group of females 100,000yrs ago. Our ancestors were hunter gatherers in the african savanna (neolithic group) lived in small groups 20-25 people. Just around 11,000yrs ago people started to settle down=> the start of agrarian society: homes, stored food, growing crops, cook food with fire civilization irrigation. Yali--countries like new guinea stayed hunter gatherers context of different contingencies. Being at the right place at the right time. Domestication of plants: it was an accident. Gatherer choices largest, juiciest, tastiest plants chosen.
