Prehistoric Cultures Major Characteristics of Modern Physical Anthropology 8 Modern Physical Anthropology 8 Work on population studies including effect of population density on behavior www duluthsuperior com mld duluthsuperior news 15546939 htm news bbc co uk 2 hi americas 6057004 stm http www duluthsuperior com mld duluthsuperior news 15546939 htm http www duluthsuperior com mld duluthsuperior news 15546939 htm Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology 9th ed pp 365 Campbell Loy Humankind Emerging 7th ed p 545 Campbell Loy Humankind Emerging 7th ed p 542 8 3 The Backbone of History Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere Richard H Steckel and Dr Jerome C Rose Cambridge University Press 2002 The researchers attributed the widespread decline in health in large part to the rise of agriculture and urban living The more mobile 8 3 less densely settled populations were usually the healthiest preColumbians Even so in the simplest hunter gatherer societies few people survived past age 50 In the healthiest cultures in the 1 000 years before Columbus a life span of no more than 35 years might be usual Campbell Loy Humankind Emerging 7th ed p 544 Basic Concepts average life span ca 76 potential life span ca 116 Modern Physical Anthropology differential reproduction differential survival www startribune com 6 74 http www herald journal com obits 2004 otto0704 html http www beargrease com 6 69 http thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast com most43 html 74 6 http news nationalgeographic com news 2006 01 0120 060120 irish men 2 html 74 6 http news nationalgeographic com news 2003 02 0214 030214 genghis html 74 6 www msnbc msn com id 5379014 74 Modern Physical Anthropology special situations 6 http en wikipedia org wiki List of youngest birth mothers 74 6 http youngest mother tripod com 74 6 http en wikipedia org wiki Pregnancy over age 50 Cases of pregnancy over 50 74 Modern Physical Anthropology Continue on to Set 08 9 Work on Biocultural Evolution
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