Evolution in health and disease / edited by Stephen C. Stearns.
"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. Thi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| 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."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Based on a conference held in Sion, Switzerland, 6-12 Apr. 1997. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-316) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198501102 9780198501107 0198504454 9780198504450 |