Assignment 1
Human Health Throughout History
Your assignment is to answer the following question:
Which period was healthiest and safest for human life: the Paleolithic hunter-gatherer period, Neolithic agricultural revolution, or modern society?
Choose one period and elaborate on why you chose this period in under 1000 words. Use scientific evidence to support your argument. Be sure to discuss the physical, biological, and social environments and how these affected health during the particular time period.
There is no right or wrong answer.
A good assignment will be well-written using an academically appropriate style, and good grammar and spelling. Statements should be supported with scientific evidence.
Use in-text citation within the assignment whenever drawing from sources and include a complete list of references cited at the end of the paper.
Academic Integrity
The University takes a very serious view of such offences as plagiarism, cheating, and impersonation. Penalties for such offences will be strictly enforced. You are expected to abide by the Academic Honesty Policy. Any work you submit in this course for academic credit must be employing correct referencing and citing. When citing an author within a text, use in-text citation such as (Smith et al. 1985) and include the complete bibliographical information under a References list at the end of your work.