HLTH 101 Lecture : Health 101 Topic 2 Topic 2: Changes in Human Health Status (abstract from file) Evidence of change from history: 1) Paleolithic era - 40-10,000 years ago - Hunter/ gatherers - Life expectancy approx. 40 years old. Cause of deaths: -undernutr

Which period was healthiest and safest for human life: thePaleolithic hunter-gatherer period, Neolithic agriculturalrevolution, or modern society?

Choose one period and elaborate on why you chose this period inunder 1000 words. Use scientific evidence to support your argument.Be sure to discuss the physical, biological, and socialenvironments and how these affected health during the particulartime period.

Which period was healthiest and safest for human life: thePaleolithic hunter-gatherer period, Neolithic agriculturalrevolution, or modern society?

Choose one period and elaborate on why you chose this period.Use scientific evidence to support your argument. Be sure todiscuss the physical, biological, and social environments and howthese affected health during the particular time period.

The changed lifeways of the Neolithic revolution included the domestication of plants and animals as well as settlement into villages. How did these cultural transformations both solve the challenges of existence while creating new challenges for humans of the past and today?

Do you think that agriculture is the “worst mistake” in history as Jared Diamond (1987) argues? Is it possible to make changes to agriculture/domestication practices that are more environmentally sustainable? Or, have we reached the point of no return?