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Author:  Kimberly A Plomp, Charlotte A. Roberts, Sarah Elton, Gilian R. Bentley

Table of contents:

1. What’s It All About? A Legacy for the Next Generation of Scholars in Evolutionary Medicine

Kimberly A. Plomp, Charlotte A. Roberts, Sarah Elton, and Gillian R. Bentley
1.1 Background
1.2 Palaeopathology and Medicine
1.3 Aims of the Book
1.4 Thematic Overview
    1.4.1 Co-evolution of Host and Pathogen
    1.4.2 Constraints on Selection
    1.4.3 Mismatch with Current Industrialised Societies
    1.4.4 Physiological Defences
    1.4.5 Reproduction at the Expense of Health
    1.4.6 Trade-offs
1.5 The One Health Initiative and Future Directions
1.6 Conclusion
References

2. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD): Perspectives from Bioarchaeology

Julia Gamble and Gillian Bentley
2.1 The Developmental Origins Model in Contemporary and Past Populations
    2.1.1 Bioarchaeological Evidence
    2.1.2 Insights from Teeth
2.2 History of Development of the DOHaD Model
    2.2.1 Famine Studies Relating to DOHaD and Bioarchaeology
    2.2.2 Development of DOHaD Hypotheses
    2.2.3 Further Development of DOHaD Models
2.3 Life Course Approaches to Health
    2.3.1 Longitudinal Cohort Studies and Life Course Analyses in Recent Populations
    2.3.2 Life Course Approaches in Bioarchaeology
2.4 Exploring Explanatory Mechanisms Between Early Life Development and Later Life Health
    2.4.1 Palaeoepigenetics
2.5 Future Directions
References

3. Acquired Spinal Conditions in Humans: The Roles of Spinal Curvature, the Shape of the Lumbar Vertebrae

Kimberly A. Plomp, Ella Been, and Mark Collard
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Adaptations for Bipedalism in the Human Vertebral Column and Lumbar Vertebrae
3.3 Clinical Evidence for an Impact of Spinal and Vertebral Shape on Spinal Health
3.4 Palaeopathological and Comparative Anatomical Evidence for an Impact of Spinal and Vertebral Shape
3.5 Evolutionary Origins of Vertical Intervertebral Disc Herniation and Spondylolysis
3.6 Potential Biomechanical Explanations for Links Between Vertebral Traits and Acquired Spinal Disorders
3.7 Future Directions
3.8 Conclusions
References

4. Birthing Humans in the Past, Present, and Future: How Birth Can Be Approached Holistically Through Time

Sarah-Louise Decrausaz and Frances Galloway
4.1 Introduction
4.2 How Does Research on Childbirth in the Past Contribute to Understanding the Evolution of the Human Birth Mechanism?
    4.2.1 The Obstetric Dilemma
4.3 How Do Bioarchaeology and Palaeopathology Offer Unique Perspectives on Childbirth?
    4.3.1 Birth in Hominins
    4.3.2 Birth in Past Populations
    4.3.3 The Siren Song of Parturition Scarring
    4.3.4 Estimating Birth-related Mortality in the Past
4.4 How Can Knowledge of the Past Contribute to Modern Clinical Research on Childbirth and Obstetric Care?
4.5 Conclusion
References

5. Isotopic Reconstruction of Ancient Human Diet and Health: Implications for Evolutionary Medicine

Nicole Burt and Alexandra M. Greenwald
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Stable Isotope Basics
    5.2.1 How Stable Isotope Analysis Reconstructs Diet
    5.2.2 Stable Isotopes, Pathology, and Health
5.3 Diet, Pathology, and Evolutionary Implications
    5.3.1 Hominin Dietary Ecology
    5.3.2 Intensification and Agriculture
    5.3.3 Infant and Early Childhood Diets
5.4 Isotope Applications in Evolutionary Medicine
    5.4.1 Stable Isotope Analysis for Studying Health in a Modern Context
    5.4.2 Carbon Isotopes and Obesogenic Diets
    5.4.3 Nitrogen Isotopes and Early Infant Health
5.5 Culturally Sensitive and Inclusive Applications of Evolutionary Medicine
    5.5.1 Decolonising Foodways: Native Foodways Renaissance
    5.5.2 Decolonising Foodways: Translating USDA Recommendations
5.6 Conclusions
References

6. Developmental, Evolutionary and Behavioural Perspectives on Oral Health

Tanya M. Smith and Christina Warinner
6.1 Teeth as Childhood Record Keepers
    6.1.1 Developmental Disruptions Begin at Birth
    6.1.2 What Can These Disruptions Tell Us About Childhood?
    6.1.3 Early Life Dental Disruptions and Disease
    6.1.4 Dental Disruptions and Early-life Diets
6.2 Those Pesky Wisdom Teeth
    6.2.1 Why Are M3 Problems So Common in Some of Us?
6.3 Our Teeth Are Never Alone: The Oral Cavity as a Microbial Culture Dish
    6.3.1 The Oral Microbiome in Health
    6.3.2 The Microbial Biogeography of the Oral Cavity
    6.3.3 The Formation of Dental Calculus
6.4 Caries, Gum Disease, and Tooth Loss: Additional Diseases of Civilisation?
    6.4.1 Caries Prevalence in the Past
    6.4.2 Modern Perspectives on Caries
    6.4.3 Gum Disease and Tooth Loss
6.5 Use it or Lose It: Evolutionary and Behavioural Perspectives on Orthodontics
6.6 Conclusions and Future Directions
References

7. Palaeoecology: Considering Proximate and Ultimate Influences on Human Diets and Environmental Responses

Malcolm C. Lillie and Sarah Elton
7.1 Introduction
    7.1.1 Background
7.2 Environments and Health Status Along the Dnieper River
    7.2.1 Vasilyevka III
    7.2.2 Vasilyevka II
    7.2.3 Yasinovatka
    7.2.4 Dereivka I
7.3 Discussion
7.4 Conclusion
References

8. Human Resistance and the Evolution of Plague in Medieval Europe

Kirsten Bos and Sharon N. DeWitte
8.1 Plague in the Past and Today
    8.1.1 History of the Black Death
    8.1.2 Consequences of the Black Death
    8.1.3 Differences Between the Second and Third Pandemics
    8.1.4 Why Study Plague in the Past?
8.2 Ancient DNA Analyses of Medieval Human Populations
    8.2.1 Detecting Plague in Archaeological Contexts
    8.2.2 Where Has Ancient Plague DNA Been Found?
    8.2.3 What Effect Did the Black Death Have on Human Genetic Variation?
8.3 Bioarchaeological Analyses of Plague
    8.3.1 Why Was the Black Death So Deadly?
    8.3.2 Who Died During the Black Death?
    8.3.3 What Effects Did the Black Death Have on Health and Demography?
8.4 Conclusion
References

9. Leprosy is Down but Not Yet Out: New Insights Shed Light on Its Origin and Evolution

Charlotte Roberts, David M. Scollard, and Vinicius M. Fava
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Leprosy: Present and Past
    9.2.1 The Bacterium
    9.2.2 Transmission
    9.2.3 The Immune System and Leprosy
    9.2.4 Nerve Injury
    9.2.5 Stigma and Leprosy
9.3 The Origin and Evolution of Leprosy
9.4 Leprosy in the Past
    9.4.1 The Evidence
9.5 Conclusions
9.6 Future Directions
References

10. Preventable and Curable, but Still a Global Problem: Tuberculosis from an Evolutionary Perspective

Charlotte A. Roberts, Peter D.O. Davies, Kelly E. Blevins, and Anne C. Stone
10.1 Introduction
10.2 What is Known About Tuberculosis (TB) Today?
    10.2.1 How TB Affects the Body
    10.2.2 Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment
    10.2.3 The Genetics of TB
10.3 What Do We Know About TB in the Past?
    10.3.1 The Evidence from Palaeopathology
    10.3.2 The Evidence from aDNA Analyses of the MTBC
10.4 Synthesis of the Skeletal and Biomolecular Evidence of TB from a Global Perspective
    10.4.1 The Origin of TB: Palaeopathological and Ancient and Modern Molecular Data
    10.4.2 TB and the Epidemiological Transitions
    10.4.3 Evidence for the Distribution and Spread of TB Around the World
10.5 Discussion
10.6 Conclusions
References

11. Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Parasitic Infection: From Ancient Parasites to Modern Medicine

Marissa L. Ledger and Piers D. Mitchell
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Evidence for Parasites Throughout Human History
11.3 Human-Parasite Co-evolution
    11.3.1 Human Evolution in Response to Parasite Infection
    11.3.2 Parasite Evolution in Response to the Human Host
11.4 Applications of Palaeoparasitology and Human–Parasite Evolution
    11.4.1 The Hygiene Hypothesis
    11.4.2 A Role for Palaeoparasitology
11.5 Conclusions
References

12. Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Ancient People and Contemporary Implications

Randall C. Thompson, Chris J. Rowan, Nicholas W. Weis, M. Linda Sutherland, Caleb E. Finch, Michaela L. H. Ross
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The Evidence for Ancient CVD
    12.2.1 CT Scans of Ancient Mummies
    12.2.2 Other Evidence of Atherosclerosis Found in the Remains of Ancient People
    12.2.3 Unangan Female of the Aleutian Islands
12.3 Other CVDs Seen in Mummies
12.4 CVD in Great Apes
12.5 Discussion
References

13. Connecting Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine to Cancer Research: Past and Present

Carina Marques, Zachary Compton, and Amy M. Boddy
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Cancer in Evolutionary Medicine
    13.2.1 Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Cancer Biology
    13.2.2 Evolutionary Mismatch and Cancer
13.3 Cancer in Palaeopathology
    13.3.1 Case Study: Can Palaeopathology Provide Information on Temporal Trends of Cancer in Ancient Human Populations?
13.4 Discussion: Cancer is Not a New Disease
    13.4.1 Cancer Prevalence is Underestimated in Palaeopathology
    13.4.2 Overview of Evolutionary Mismatch
    13.4.3 The Agricultural Transition
    13.4.4 Pathogen Exposure
    13.4.5 Diet
    13.4.6 Toxins and Carcinogens
    13.4.7 Low Birth Rates
    13.4.8 Increased Adult Survival
    13.4.9 Culture as a Buffer
13.5 Conclusion and Future Prospects
References

14. Stress in Bioarchaeology, Epidemiology, and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Conceptual Model

Daniel H. Temple and Ashley N. Edes
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Starving Animals and Active Glands: Early Models of Stress in Experimental Settings
14.3 From the Lab to the Field: Formalised Studies of Stress and Environment
14.4 Beyond Cortisol: A Multi-faceted Approach to Stress Physiology
14.5 Thrifty Phenotypes, Plasticity, and Constraint: The Emergence of a Life History Perspective
14.6 Stress in the Past: Foundational Research in Bioarchaeological Approaches to Physiological Perturbations
14.7 Paradox, Promise, and the Life History Framework: Contemporary Studies of Stress in Bioarchaeology
    14.7.1 Epidemiological Modelling
    14.7.2 Skeletal Frailty Index
    14.7.3 Life Course and Life History Perspectives
    14.7.4 Pathophysiological Approaches
14.8 Conclusions
References

15. Metabolic Diseases in Bioarchaeology: An Evolutionary Medicine Approach

Jonathan C. Wells, Nellissa Y. Ling, Jay T. Stock, Hallie Buckley, and William R. Leonard
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Background to Gout, DISH, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)
    15.2.1 Gout
    15.2.2 Bioarchaeological Evidence of Gout
    15.2.3 DISH
    15.2.4 Skeletal Evidence of DISH in the Archaeological Record
    15.2.5 T2DM
    15.2.6 Identifying T2DM in the Archaeological Record
15.3 Models of the Aetiology of Metabolic Disorders
    15.3.1 Ecological Models of Metabolic Disease Risk
    15.3.2 Life History Approaches to Understanding Metabolic Disease Risk
15.4 Conclusions
References

16. The Palaeopathology of Traumatic Injuries: An Evolutionary Medicine Perspective

Ryan P. Harrod and Anna J. Osterholtz
16.1 An Evolutionary Medicine Approach to Traumatic Injury in the Past
16.2 Understanding Biomechanics and Biology
    16.2.1 Biomechanics and Tissue Type
16.3 The Physiological Impact of Traumatic Injuries
16.4 Reconstructing an Individual’s Lived Experience
16.5 Using Palaeopathology to Understand Trauma in the Past
16.6 Trauma as Part of Syndemics and the Importance of the One Health Approach
16.7 Conclusion
References

17. Uncovering Tales of Transmission: An Integrated Palaeopathological Perspective on the Evolution of Infectious Disease

Elizabeth W. Uhl and Richard Thomas
17.1 Overview
17.2 Shared Pathogens in Sparse Populations: Tapeworms (Taeniid sp.) in Hunter-Gatherers
17.3 From Sparse to Crowded Populations and from Humans to Animals to Humans: The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex
17.4 Infection Transmission by a Vector: Farming, Urbanisation, and the Rise of Plasmodium falciparum (Malaria)
17.5 Herding, Farming, and Warfare: Transmission of Shared Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens: Brucella, Yersinia, and Others
17.6 Urbanisation, War, and Conquest: Morbilliviruses—Shared Pathogens in Crowded Environments
17.7 Conclusions
References

18. Now You Have Read the Book, What Next?

Gillian Bentley, Charlotte A. Roberts, Sarah Elton, and Kimberly A. Plomp
References

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