Two pioneers of the emerging science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. When may a fever be beneficial? Why do pregnant women get morning sickness? How do certain viruses manipulate their hosts into infecting others? What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder?
Authors: Nesse Randolph M. & Williams George C.
Publishers: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 1995
No. of pages: 290