Did Tuberculosis Kill Our Ancestors?

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

Scientists found the existence of TB in the Homo Erectus bones un-earthed in Turkey. This indicates that in the travels to Africa, TB may very well have been what cuased the massive deaths amongst the transient tribes that headed for the new land.

Article courtesy of The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/science/18skul.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin

 

[Maulds]

TB has made a come back in the last decade.

 

[Mrs Behavin]

TB has made a come back in the last decade.

:homo: you would be amazed at how often we see it at work. Its quite scary but luckly we get tested twice a year, TB skin tests, to make sure we havent contracted it, and Ive been lucky so far. Knock on wood.

 

[dt3]

:homo: you would be amazed at how often we see it at work. Its quite scary but luckly we get tested twice a year, TB skin tests, to make sure we havent contracted it, and Ive been lucky so far. Knock on wood.

Those things suck!

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

TB has made a come back in the last decade.

Well and this is an interesting look into what devestated our ancestors, and as I have always thought, a deeper look into our past, can give us a birdseye view of our future.

 

[hubersrj]

Well, if the TB didn't get 'em, the #1 cause of death in the history of mankind did:

Natural Causes! That's right, Natural Causes is the leading reason people die, ladies and gentlemen...and I'm currently taking donations to try to rid this planet of this deadly epidemic.

Well, since the Hollywood writers are on strike, I'd thought I'd re-live an old Saturday Night Live sketch...I think it was SNL....

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

TB is a natural cause Huber....lol

 

[hubersrj]

TB is a natural cause Huber....lol

No it's not, it's a disease...disease is not considered a natural cause...like cancer is not a natural cause...and please either call me Ron or Hubers, not Huber...not my family, lol!!!

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

No it's not, it's a disease...disease is not considered a natural cause...like cancer is not a natural cause...and please either call me Ron or Hubers, not Huber...not my family, lol!!!

No really a natural cause, like heart disease, I agree, but the point of the article was it was not old age that killed them...and it wasn't global warming, Al Gore hadn't gotten there yet, he was busy trying to invent the internet with rocks.

 

[debbie t]

ron(did you meet pete in london -that ron?)

disease is a natural cause ,but not as natural as old age

sorry to be a pedantic old cow

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

ron(did you meet pete in london -that ron?)

disease is a natural cause ,but not as natural as old age

sorry to be a pedantic old cow

Thank you Deb, once again you pop in to the rescue

 

[Peter Parka]

Ron sank a few pints of London Pride AND fended off a drunk Geordie girl very politely! He's ok in my books!


...ok, back to the discussion!

 

[debbie t]

it is worrying me that you and i badboy seem to be the voice of reason on this forum

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

it is worrying me that you and i badboy seem to be the voice of reason on this forum

Hell hath no fury

 

[debbie t]

ok ,
what is dusgusting about tb rates increasing in both the UK and the US is that i believe tb is closely related to poverty.
i find it to be outrageoous and disgusting that two of the 1st worlds countries should allow their citizens to suffer in this way

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

Okay, not to be rude, but the article is technically about the impact it had on previous cultures, more importantly, ancient ancestry, to be fair to this thread, the topic really needs to be about the article, else we lose the purpose.

 

[debbie t]

i have been scorned..but it wasnt you who did it

so youre safe

 

[debbie t]

would the article suggest that the human body becomes reliant on environmental effects ie sun light and vit d production)and cannot adapt to environmental changes as experienced in that population movement?

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

would the article suggest that the human body becomes reliant on environmental effects ie sun light and vit d production)and cannot adapt to environmental changes as experienced in that population movement?

It could

 

[debbie t]

it had never occurred to me before that that could be the case.
this proposes interesting problems for our globe trotting species then