Fundamental Questions
Archaeoparasitological studies have provided information on many fundamental archaeological, historical, and biogeographical questions. These questions may be grouped into the following broad categories: past dietary and farming practices, animal domestication, migration patterns, climate change, sanitary practices, cultural contacts, ethnomedicine, and the overall health of various human societies. Archaeoparasitology data, combined with our knowledge of present host-parasite associations, also contributes to our understanding of the co-evolution of human host-parasite interactions. Our understanding of the geographic origins, evolution and biogeography of the parasites themselves and human diseases associated with them has also benefitted tremendously from archaeoparasitological studies.
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