Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Urbanization is defined as the growth and development of cities.
2. Urbanization began around 5000 years ago with the development of the first cities.
3. The increasing mobility associated with industrialism has had several genetic consequences, including a possible increase in the number of heterozygotes.
4. Fossilized bone can display clear indications of both skeletal diseases such as arthritis and bone cancer and nonskeletal diseases such as tuberculosis and syphilis.
5. Compared to foraging societies, modern industrial societies suffer from epidemics less often, because of advances in modern medicine.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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