The evolution of health inequalities in the western world: From early origins to modern times

: The evolution of health inequalities follows both the constancy hypothesis, suggesting omnipresent health inequalities where social inequalities prevail, and the convergence-divergence hypothesis, suggesting variations in health inequalities from prehistory to modern time. A conundrum is, to what extent health inequalities were constrained by epidemics and catastrophes. Currently, health inequalities are a world-wide public issue to be tackled with egalitarian policies.