Morbility Quotes

“Evidence is overwhelming that, after switching to agriculture, human stature decreased, a very reliable indicator of a decline in overall wellbeing. People fell sick more often because of higher population density and because pathogens jumped from domesticated animals to humans. The quality of nutrition declined, as is abundantly documented in ancient bones and teeth.”
― Peter Turchin, Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth

“The human skeleton differs in many ways from those of the great apes, and some of the differences are in regions commonly afflicted bu acquired conditions.”
― Kimberly A. Plomp, Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach

“The human skeleton differs in many ways from those of the great apes, and some of the differences are in regions commonly afflicted by acquired conditions.”
― Kimberly A. Plomp, Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach