| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"December 2015"--Verso of title page. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: The Pros and Cons of Four Key Human Survival Traits. 1. How our bodies became what they are ; 2. Hunger, food, and the modern epidemics of obesity and diabetes ; 3. Water, salt, and the modern epidemic of high blood pressure ; 4. Danger, memory, fear, and the modern epidemics of anxiety and depression ; 5. Bleeding, clotting, and the modern epidemics of heart disease and stroke -- Part II: Protecting Our Bodies in the Modern World. 6. Can our genes evolve fast enough to solve our problems? ; 7. Changing our behavior ; 8. Changing our biology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health"--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Human evolution -- Health aspects.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Health aspects.
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Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
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Evolutionary genetics.
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Medical genetics.
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Human physiology.
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Behavior evolution.
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Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
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Human evolution. (OCoLC)fst00963030
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| ISBN |
9780316236812 |
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0316236810 |
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