The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Medicine

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Medicine
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0198789661 | 967 Pages | PDF | 47 MB
Medicine is grounded in the natural sciences, where biology stands out with regard to our understanding of human physiology and the conditions that cause dysfunction. Ironically though, evolutionary biology is a relatively disregarded field. One reason for this omission is that evolution is deemed a slow process. Indeed, the macroanatomical features of our species have changed very little in the last 300,000 years. A more detailed look, however, reveals that novel