ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Swine Influenza, Foodborne Illness
16 Sep 2013
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Health and illness part 2 lecture notes. Used to mostly live in trees then moved to ground (as well as trees) Based on diet and methods of preparation exposure to parasites was increased. Diseases with little symptoms spread more easily. Shift in disease to more what we know disease as today. Affects resources required, housing required, how we interact with each. Increased number of individuals born to each family. Increased population density and population numbers other, how we compete with each other. Have creation of social status with specialization. A lot more ways to store food but a lot more people eating the food. What you eat affects health and immune system. Craft specialization also increases number of healing practitioners. Proximity to animals can also increase illness.
