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early hunter-gatherers enjoyed a life virtually free of infectious disease. Most diseases that became endemic, such as plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, or cholera, were originally acquired by humans from their farm animals, and the diseases only achieved critical mass on account of the high population densities of towns and cities that sprang up following the rise of agriculture.
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Inustriallised farming life is disease inflicting
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning
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