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Evolution in health and disease / edited by Stephen C. Stearns.
Penn Museum Library RB155 .E96 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical genetics--Congresses.
- Medical genetics.
- Human evolution--Congresses.
- Human evolution.
- Diseases--Causes and theories of causation--Congresses.
- Diseases.
- Diseases--Causes and theories of causation.
- Evolution.
- Adaptation, Physiological.
- Health.
- Disease.
- Medical Subjects:
- Evolution.
- Adaptation, Physiological.
- Health.
- Disease.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Evolution in health & disease
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- For most of our history, humans lived in small hunter-gatherer groups whose diets, living conditions, and environmental pressures were very different from what most humans face today. The result is that the evolutionary adaptations which proved beneficial in our past may prove less so now. This fascinating book explores the implications of human evolutionary history for human health and medicine. Topics include antibiotic resistance, pathogen virulence, aging, and population and genotype-specific reactions to drugs and susceptibility to disease.
- Notes:
- Based on a conference held in Sion, Switzerland, 6-12 Apr. 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198501102
- 0198504454
- OCLC:
- 39014180
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