Author: David Clark
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2010-04-16
Total Pages: 13
ISBN-13: 0132102269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (9780137019960) by David P. Clark. Available in print and digital formats. ¿ From hunter-gatherers to agricultural societies and beyond: How humans and disease have evolved together. ¿ Patterns of infection vary greatly between hunter-gatherers and settled agricultural societies. Two major factors are intertwined: low population size and high mobility. Ancient hunter-gatherers almost certainly had much less infectious disease than we have today. Before dense human populations grew, most of our epidemic diseases did not exist. Furthermore, small, mobile, relatively isolated tribes would rarely have been infected by contact with others.
Book Synopsis The Coevolution of Humanity and Infectious Disease by : David Clark
Download or read book The Coevolution of Humanity and Infectious Disease written by David Clark and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (9780137019960) by David P. Clark. Available in print and digital formats. ¿ From hunter-gatherers to agricultural societies and beyond: How humans and disease have evolved together. ¿ Patterns of infection vary greatly between hunter-gatherers and settled agricultural societies. Two major factors are intertwined: low population size and high mobility. Ancient hunter-gatherers almost certainly had much less infectious disease than we have today. Before dense human populations grew, most of our epidemic diseases did not exist. Furthermore, small, mobile, relatively isolated tribes would rarely have been infected by contact with others.