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How do archaeologists know what they do about life thousands of years ago? One way is by studying the diseases our ancestors had. This has much to teach us about not only people’s state of health, but also their diet and lifestyle. The study of paleopathology also has much to contribute to our understanding of diseases that are common today, and has corrected many modern misconceptions about ancient peoples, such as the belief that their lives were much shorter than ours. Dr. Kate Pechenkina studies how changes through time in human behavior transform patterns of disease distribution and s
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