Parasites in Past Civilizations and Their Impact upon Health (Hardcover)

Parasites have been infecting humans throughout our evolution. When complex societies developed, the greater population density provided new opportunities for parasites to spread. In this interdisciplinary volume, the author brings his expertise in medicine, archaeology and history to explore the contribution of parasites in causing flourishing past civilizations to falter and decline. By using cutting edge methods, Mitchell presents the evidence for parasites that infected the peoples of key ancient civilizations across the world in order to understand their impact upon those populations. This new understanding of the archaeological and historical evidence for intestinal worms, ectoparasites, and protozoa shows how different cultures were burdened by contrasting types of diseases depending upon their geographical location, endemic insects, food preferences and cultural beliefs.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Piers D. Mitchell • Matthieu Le Bailly
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	350
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-00077-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > General
LSN:	1-107-00077-7
Barcode:	9781107000773

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