ANT338H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Homeostasis, Questionnaire, Veganism
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Outline: overview of other methodologies in biological anthropology, biochemical analysis, blood draws, case studies, health assessments, self reported, clinical, dietary evaluations, nutritional assessments. Skeletal remains: skeletal inventory, taphonomy, osteological profile, age, sex, stature, ethnicity, paleopathology, disease, trauma, nutrition, paleoanthropology, primatology. Immunogenetic variation: buccal swabs and blood draws, population differences that impact susceptibilities to pathogens. Identified snps in immune promoter and regulator cytokines and toll-like receptors. Shift immune response to be downregulated against particular pathogens like tb, influenzas: th1 vs th2. Diabetes and anthropometrics case study (riediger et al 2014: partnership with sand bay ojibway first nation, prevalance of diabetes was nearly 30% of the adult population. Insufficient insulin prevents glucose from getting into the body"s cells to use as energy: results in body burning fat and muscles for energy, achronic wasting b/c diabetes was out of control. Environmental health study: vacuuming people"s houses to collect dust samples and examine their composition, also taking drinking water samples.
