Why were hunter gatherers spared from most epidemic infectious diseases that affected agrarian and urban societies?

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The Anthropology of Infectious Disease

Annual Review of Anthropology

Vol. 19 (1990)

, pp. 89-117 (29 pages)

Published By: Annual Reviews

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2155960

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The Annual Review of Anthropology®, in publication since 1972, covers significant developments in the subfields of Anthropology, including Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistics and Communicative Practices, Regional Studies and International Anthropology, and Sociocultural Anthropology. The journal is essential reading for anthropologists, ethnologists, archaeologists, linguists, and scientists in related fields.

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