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Mismatch : the lifestyle diseases timebomb /
By: Gluckman, Peter D.
Contributor(s): Hanson, Mark A.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xi, 285 p. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199228386 (pbk.); 9780199228386:; 0199228388 (pbk.).Subject(s): Human evolution
| Ecological genetics | Evolutionary genetics | Genotype-environment interaction | Medical genetics | Human beings -- Effect of environment on | HealthDDC classification: 613.015765 Summary: This is an exploration of the consequences of living in an era in which - according to the authors - our human behaviour has outstripped classical Darwinian processes: we have created a modern, artificial world that is out of tune with our evolved bodies. The authors examine the health consequences, and propose intervention.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is an exploration of the consequences of living in an era in which - according to the authors - our human behaviour has outstripped classical Darwinian processes: we have created a modern, artificial world that is out of tune with our evolved bodies. The authors examine the health consequences, and propose intervention.