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After ad 1000, the people of st. catherines island acquired corn agriculture, and farming became the mainstay of their diet. what physical changes did this cause?

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They became shorter and had smaller skulls and limb bones, more dental disease, and more infections.

Archaeological evidence suggests a decrease in body size, noted in limbs and skulls and possibility of infectious dental diseases. This also happen to coincide with a time that the people begun a sedentary lifestyle attributed to a shift in agriculture and economic activities.
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