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. 1999 Aug 31;96(18):10536–10543. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.18.10536

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic representation of a natural experimental model in small remote anthropological populations. The relative genetic, ecological, and cultural homogeneity of the experimental population provides a natural laboratory for the study of health and disease, avoiding some of the confounding factors that exist in larger technologically complex societies.