Evolution in Health and Disease

by Jacob C. Koella and Stephen C. Stearns

Book Overview

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. The topics include the evolution of antibiotic resistance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198504454
• ISBN13: 9780198504450
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.6" x 7.4"