A history of health in Europe from the late Paleolithic era to the present.
This article briefly describes a large, multidisciplinary research project that combines skeletal data in Europe over the past 10,000 years with information from sources in history, archaeology, geography and climate history to measure and analyze important aspects of human health. Over this era human health was significantly affected by climate change, the rise of settled agriculture, urbanization, new technologies, global exploration and colonization, and industrialization.
Steckel
Richard H
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Economics and Anthropology Departments, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. steckel.1@osu.edu
D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000266:history*; D002980:Climate; D005060:Europe; D006304:Health Status; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010163:Paleontology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012106:Research; D012863:Skeleton