I always think that this idea is an interesting one. We are less susceptible to disease when moving than being still. But without staying still we would not have the technology to develop our advanced health care. So I think again it goes back to the point of how settlement had so many benefits and drawbacks at the same time. This was never really apparent to me. I do think the science though matches up with the fact that it is much easier to spread disease when you are in closer quarters.

When we did the activity that had us choose one chapter of Schiffer mine was about the connection between microbiota, gut health, and archaeology. This quote here ends up confirming again what I read. By looking at archae-poop archeologists and biologists were able to study the importance of microbiota on our digestion and which kind of diet is best for the human body. Here this quote shows how archeology indicats that the hunterer/gatherer diet is good for gut health. Which is a lot of whole grains, meat, and fish.

To me this quote is interesting. To me this quote indicates that religion had come before civilization. Which I would've thought the oppsite in history. That after farming had been established and people built civilizations then came religion. I also think that it is interesting to see that religion has such a grasp on people already that their agriculture was based on it. This past semester I took a course on monotheism. At one point we discussed about a movie where those who believed in this particular religion sacrificed a man to their god for a good harvest. This quote reminds me of that.