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Quote: Agriculture's toll on health

DateSunday, June 19, 2011 at 05:26PM

When populations around the globe started turning to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, regardless of their locations and type of crops, a similar trend occurred: The height and health of the people declined.

Carol Clark
eScienceCommons
Dawn of agriculture took toll on health 

also see Early Farmers Were Sicker and Shorter Than Their Forager Ancestors

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