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09/13 Health and Disease before Columbus Origins of Americans Bering land bridge and the problem of pre-Clovis remains Skeletal evidence Linguistic evidence Genetic evidence Modern debates Overview of American Societies Olmec Tiwanaku Cahokia Inca Aztec: Tenochtitlan larger than Paris in 1490 Overall population: 44,000,000? Health of Americans Paleopathology: Backbone of History Dangerous lives of hunter-gatherers Agricultural transition: a threat to health? Urbanization: crowding, malnutrition, violence, and disease Coastal populations: remarkable health Health index and life expectancy: declining health over time before 1492
