Survival of the sickest : the surprising connections between disease and longevity /
Moalem, Sharon.
Prince, Jonathan.
London : Harper,
2008.
"Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies and our health. By re-examining evolutionary history, Dr Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives."--Back cover.
Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies and our health. By re-examining evolutionary history, Dr Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives."--Back cover.
Disease susceptibility
Human evolution.
Natural selection.