Disease and Adaptation in the human body Discussion

Disease and Adaptation in the human body Discussion

PART 1: THESIS PARAGRAPH (SEPARATE FROM ESSAY) (attached will be an example)A working title for your paper, your 6-8 sentence theme paragraph, including a 1-2 sentence thesis statement, and a complete Works Cited page in APA or MLA style

PART 2: (ACTUAL ESSAY) (attached will be an example)Topic 1- Disease and Adaptation: How are human health and disease linked to ecological, technological and social development, from hunting and gathering, to agriculture and domestication, to complex civilizations, such as ancient Greece and Rome? What epidemiological transitions accompanied these stages of social and cultural development? Suggested Readings: (readings will be attached below)William H. McNeill. Man the Hunter. Plagues and Peoples. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1998.Ann McElroy & Patricia K. Townsend.The Ecology of Health and Disease. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective. 6thed.Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2015. TGeorge J Armelagos, Peter J. Brown & Bethany Turner. Evolutionary, Historical and Political Economic Perspectives on Health and Disease, Social Science and Medicine,61, 755-765, 2005.Ann McElroy & Patricia K. Townsend. Changing Population and Environmental Hazards Throughout Human History. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective, 6thed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2015. TWilliam H. McNeill. Breakthrough to History. Plagues and Peoples. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1998.David Christian. Intensification and the Origins of Agriculture. Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.