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Characteristics of Civilization |
1. Large population size anddensity, 2. Monumental architecture, and 3. Urbanizations 4. Social stratification 5. Food and labor surpluses, whichled to occupationalspecialization 6. System of record-keeping |
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What happens with diseases when there are Large, dense urban populations |
moreepidemic diseases (e.g., measles, which requires large population |
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What were the epidemic diseases brought by Europeans? |
smallpox, measles, influenza, and typhuskilled an estimated 95% of the indigenous population of this hemisphere. |
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what did Post-industrial civilizations experienced in disease patterns? |
infectious diseases declinde because of imporvements in sanitation and public health + diets |
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What is the modern issue though? |
Infectious down, non infectious up |
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Mismatch” between the environmentsand lifestyles our bodies evolved, what does that mean? |
Chronic diseases less physical activity hunter-gatherer diets were higher inprotein etc abundant food, continuously available |
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What are the consequences of the mismatch of body and environment ? |
obesity type-2 diabetes cancer cardiovascular diseases Since these conditions mostly occur afterreproduction, humans have not evolvedresistance to them. |
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What are the factors that favoremerging/re-emerging diseases: |
international travel hunting of bushmeat overuse of antibiotics global warming change in land use and agricultural practices POVERTY |
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How did the The Epidemiologic Transition affectedpopulation growth rates ? |
more people survived childhood and livedto old age - Rapid population growth |