How to Study Past Plagues PDF - Historical Records and Ancient DNA

1.16 How do we study past plagues January 16, 2025 9:32 PM keiri goel I my name 1.16 How do we stu... Lectures Page 1 Lectures Page 2 ...

1.16 How do we study past plagues January 16, 2025 9:32 PM keiri goel I my name 1.16 How do we stu... Lectures Page 1 Lectures Page 2  To understand the impact of diases on indiviodual What can it be and not be --> did it kill them? Did they even notice it ? Was it of any big sinificance? (fossilized poop) - Secondary to the person of question = paleoepidemiology Lectures Page 3  --Mummies have soft tissues preserved, sometimes even skin or internal organs Can be deliberate or accidental Can be underwater like a bog with no oxygen Understanding health of the past is resctricted to bias from these areas. Cant find stuff in amazon for intsance Lectures Page 4  2000 year old Found his last meal too 5000 years ago Had tattoos where he had osteoarhtritis Lectures Page 5  Not all illnesses Lectures Page 6  So if a disease kills u fast, wont have an effetc on the bone Lectures Page 7 Lectures Page 8  Hard to identify. Tell u about disease, diet, age , etc. Once u get a cavity --> leaves a mark forever Lectures Page 9 Eggs preserve not worms Tells u about environment, diet where parasite presrnt in Lectures Page 10  Roundworm --> by fecal or food contamination --> very objective and very sure if get results Lectures Page 11 Lectures Page 12  --> the bones and tissues get distroyed Unreplaceable sample esp in old bodies May not work and don’t know until the end Lectures Page 13 -- only literate people could produce this Lectures Page 14  Inside of bill of mortality Lectures Page 15