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Ancient Agriculture’s Role in Maternal and Infant Mortality
The skull of a young woman from Quiani-7 shows abnormal bone formation (arrowed) that may be associated with scurvy-related haemorrhage of the infraorbital artery. Credit: A. Snoddy
By Anne Marie Snoddy & Siân Halcrow
Ancient human remains have revealed evidence that the adoption of agriculture led to malnutrition in a mother, her foetus and other infants.
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