Human biology and health : an evolutionary approach
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Human biology and health : an evolutionary approach
（Health and disease series, Book 4）
Open University Press, 1994
Completely rev. ed
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Biology of health and disease
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Completely rev. and updated version of The Biology of health and disease. 1985
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presents an evolutionary history of human health and disease, starting from the premise that patterns of illness and disability in 20th-century human populations have been influenced by the biological and cultural evolution of the human species over the last five million years.
Table of Contents
- Why "an evolutionary approach"?
- the human biological heritage
- the story of life in a few pages
- inheritance and variation
- living with other species
- surviving infectious disease
- digestion and dietary change
- on living longer
- tinkering with nature
- living with the chemical industrial environment
- the impact of modern culture.
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