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Why do anthropologists maintain that the transition to agriculture was the first epidemiological transition in human history?
 
  a. People started eating food that spoiled easily, thus leading to disease.
  b. Agriculture allowed people to live in densely populated cities where diseases spread rapidly.
  c. Agricultural products were widely traded, thus spreading diseases.
  d. People began interacting more with animals, which spread diseases to humans.

Question 2

_________ is an example of a disease that is best understood with a biocultural approach.
 
  a. Pneumonia
  b. Bird flu
  c. Brain cancer
  d. Anorexia


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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: d


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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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