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FOOD, PARASITES, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS: A BROAD PERSPECTIVE
Coprólitos
Parasitos
Doenças antigas
Restos de comida
Arqueoparasitologia
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, NE, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Université de Reims. Reims, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
l’Université de Franche-Comté. Faculté de Sciences et Techniques. France.
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Université de Reims. Reims, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
l’Université de Franche-Comté. Faculté de Sciences et Techniques. France.
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Pathoecology provides unique frameworks for understanding disease transmission in ancient populations.
Analyses of Old and New World archaeological samples contribute empirically to our understanding
of parasite infections. Combining archaeological and anthropological data, we gain insights about health,
disease, and the way ancient people lived and interacted with each other and with their environments.
Here we present Old and New World parasite evidence, emphasizing how such information reflects the
different ways ancient populations exploited diverse environments and became infected with zoonotic
parasites. It is clear that the most common intestinal helminths (worm endoparasites) were already
infecting ancient inhabitants of the New World prior to the European conquest, although not so intensely
as in ancient Europe. The first paleoepidemiological transition from hunting–gathering to agriculture did
not change the zoonotic infection pattern of people in the Americas. However, the same transition in
Europe resulted in increased zoonotic parasitism with parasites from domestic animals. Therefore, there
is a demonstrable difference in the impact of the first paleoepidemiologic transition in the Americas
compared to Europe.
Keywords in Portuguese
PaeloparasitologiaCoprólitos
Parasitos
Doenças antigas
Restos de comida
Arqueoparasitologia
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