Body by Darwin
How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine
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ABSENT FRIENDS
How the Hygiene Hypothesis Explains Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
A FINE ROMANCE
How Evolutionary Theory Explains Infertility and Diseases of Pregnancy
THE DOWNSIDE OF UPRIGHT
The Relationship between Bipedalism and Orthopedic Illnesses
DIY EYE
How Developmental Biology Cures Blindness and Rebuts Creationism
HOPEFUL MONSTERS
Why Cancer Is Almost Impossible to Cure
A PROBLEM WITH THE PLUMBING
Why the Evolution of Coronary Arteries Makes Us Prone to Heart Attacks
THREE SCORE YEARS—AND THEN?
How Evolution Is Breathing New Life into Moribund
Dementia Research
Acknowledgments
Suggestions for Further Reading
Royal Society of Biology: Royal Society General Biology Book Prize
Short Listed
Biological Sciences: Anatomy | Evolutionary Biology | Microbiology
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