Ancient bodies, modern lives
Subtitle: how evolution has shaped women's health
By: Wenda Trevathan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195388886
Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene; Evolution (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Are we grown up yet?; title: Vicious cycles; title: Getting pregnant: why can't everyone just get along?; title: Staying pregnant; title: Welcome to the world; title: The greasy, helpless one-hour old human newborn; title: Women are defined by their breasts; title: But women are more than breasts; title: If reproduction is what it's all about, why does it stop?; title: What good are old women? quite a lot, thank you; title: Implications for women's health in the 21st century and preventing the epidemiological collision.