Medicine and Evolution
Current Applications, Future Prospects
Published on 2. June 2008
320 pages
978-1-4200-5137-7 (ISBN)
Description
Can an evolutionary perspective be integrated in day-to-day practice and is it of value in medical education and training? If so, when and how? Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease, Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications and Future Prospects answers these questions and more. I
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Senior undergraduate and graduate students in human biology, anthropology, and medicine, professionals and researchers.
Illustrations
29 s/w Abbildungen, 12 s/w Tabellen
29 b/w images and 12 tables
File size
4,85 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-5137-7 (9781420051377)
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Content
Introduction. Environments, Adaptation, and Evolutionary Medicine, Should We Be Eating a Stone Age Diet? Human Protein Requirements and Infection Stress among Young Children at the Origins of Agriculture. Evolutionary Perspectives on Type 2 Diabetes in Asia, Seasonality. Climatic Unpredictability, Food Deprivation, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Evolution and Endocrinology, The Regulation of Pregnancy Outcomes. Evolutionary Paediatrics, A Case Study in Applying Darwinian Medicine. The Role of Helminthes in Human Evolution, Implications for Global Health in the 21st Century. Nonbizarre Delusions as Strategic Deception. Practical Aspects of Evolutionary Medicine. Comparative and Evolutionary Biology in Medical and Dental Education. Is There a Place for Evolutionary Medicine in UK Medical Education? Would Darwin Recognize Himself Here? Index.
