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| Settled in one place throughout most or all of the year. |
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| The study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites that are used to provide information on the health and lifestyle of prehistoric people. |
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| The maximum population size capable of being supported in a given environment. |
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| The number of births minus the number of deaths. |
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| A measure of the average length of life for a newborn child. |
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| A compilation of the age distribution of a population that provides an estimate of the probability that an individual will die by a certain age, used to compute life expectancy. |
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| A disease transmitted directly to humans from other animals. |
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| A pattern of disease rate when new cases of a disease spread rapidly through a population. |
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| A pattern of disease rate when new cases of a disease occur at a relatively constant but low rate over time. |
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| A large, state-level society characterized by large population size, high population density, urbanization, social stratification, food and labor surpluses, monumental architecture, and record keeping. |
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| A widespread epidemic that affects a large geographic area, such as a continent. |
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| The increase in life expectancy and the shift from infectious to noninfectious disease as the primary cause of death. |
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| A change in the average pattern of growth of development in population over several generations. |
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| The age at which a female experiences her first menstrual period. |
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| emergent infectious disease |
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| A newly identified infectious disease that has recently evolved. |
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| reemergent infectious disease |
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| Infectious disease that had previously been reduced but that increases in frequency when microorganisms evolve resistance to antibiotics. |
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| demographic transition theory |
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| A model of demographic change stating that as a population becomes economically developed, a reduction in death rates (leading to population growth) will take place, followed by a reduction in birth rates. |
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| The number of males and females in different age groups of a population. |
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| A diagram of the age-sex structure of a population. |
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