From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 10:31:37 MDT
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 01:59:51AM -0400, gts wrote:
> mortality. Probably just the opposite. If you are referring to the farming
> of animals then I also think it did not in itself lead to any significant
> increase in disease or mortality, at least not from infectious disease.
Yes, farming animals. Jared Diamond disagrees with you. Living at close
quarters gives opportunity for diseases to cross the species boundaries;
livingin crowded agricultural communities increases the pool and
spreadability. Most classic example: the flu, which comes every year out of
the birds and pigs of China... and there's good old E. coli and salmonella,
see below:
> As for the increase in sedentary living in the Neolithic, yes I agree: I
By sedentary I meant "poor sanitation", made even worse with the animals.
-xx- Damien X-)
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