ENV (0125) 640 - Paleopathology and Paleodemography

Credits: 4.00

The cross-disciplinary analysis of the origins, evolution and transmission of diseases in the contexts of the dynamic interactions among environments, disease-reservoirs, vectors and hosts. Included are the scope and methods of recovering bio-cultural characteristics from extinct and extant populations, the impact of culture change and population densities in disease, and the predictability of current and future health patterns.