Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong189 reviews Jonathan Wells Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2002 PUTS AN END TO THE DECEPTION + Essential + More detailed information for deeper understanding + Darwin ain't splain nuttin Lucy!             The Social Brain: Evolution and Pathology1 review Wiley, 2003 One of the Keys to What Makes Us Human The human brain is thought to be the most complex organ that has evolved. According to some estimates as much as ninety percent of our higher cortical functions are dedicated to social functions: they evolved to help us cope with an increasingly complex social environment. It is also true that ...             Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease60 reviews Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince William Morrow, 2007 The Power of Evolution + I Love this Book + When you are the Sickest you are the Healthiest + Amazing read!             Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences)7 reviews Gregory Bateson Hampton Press, 2002 You're Smarter Than You Think You Are + Brilliant but incredibly obtuse + That reminds me of a story... + Inspiration Beyond Imagination! + The most important book on epistemology there is             Evolution in Health and Disease1 review Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Evolution in Health and Disease This was a great book to use in a senior seminar class for biology majors. It focuses on many different aspects of science. Reading this book made me think more critically in the scientific world and helped me to ask more questions about different issues. Overall this read was worth the time.             Human Adaptation Berg Publishers, 1998 This book examines the concept of adaptation in four major fields in the human sciences. Genetic aspects are first considered through an examination of the human genes which have so far been identified as conferring survival value in particular environmental circumstances. The drift versus selection argument is also fully reviewed. The second contribution concerns the physiological changes which ...             Evolutionary Medicine2 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Evolutionary Medicine is a Powerful way to Look at Disease! + Some good chapters on fascinating new field While a bit dry, this book provides a great overview of evolutionary medicine and how it applies to clinical medical problems such as asthma, giving birth, colic. Evolutionary Medicine explains the "why" behind why diseases occur. It's rarely purely genetic, with epigenetic and environmental ...             The Anthropology of Medicine: From Culture to Method Third Edition2 reviews Bergin & Garvey Paperback, 1997 EXCELLENT!!! + EXCELLENT!!! Fantastic Book. Very Thorough and Interesting. Very well written. I highly recommend it!             Diseases and Human Evolution3 reviews Ethne Barnes University of New Mexico Press, 2007 Evolution of Human Disease: How the Microbes Got Us + Diseases and Human Evolution This is a often fascinating catalogue of human diseases and how the viruses and bacteria evolved to successfully attack humans. It includes good histories of major epidemics. It also covers how the evolution of human society provided new ooportunities for our microbial foes.             Beasts Of The Earth: Animals, Humans, And Disease4 reviews E. Fuller Torrey, Robert H. Yolken Rutgers University Press, 2005 Hard to imagine + Yes, humans are beasts too + A Beast Of A Book Imagine a scenario where Donald Duck's droppings are falling on Porky Pig who eats them and then drops his into a pond to grow more algae so that Nemo and his friends will grow bigger faster, spreading increasingly lethal strains of the flu to the rest of the world. What nonsense is this, you say? ...             Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective3 reviews Wiley-Liss, 2000 . + Very well done + A much needed text "I have had difficulty explaining the difference between biological anthropology and physical anthropology to my colleagues and students. This book will make it easier." --Wenda Trevathan, Ph.D., New Mexico State University             Human Biology and Health: An Evolutionary Approach (Health and Disease) Open University Press, 2001 "Human Biology And Health 3/E".             Evolution of Infectious Disease7 reviews Paul W. Ewald Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 A Pathogen's Survival Manual + Very well presented ideas. + Informative and Thought Provoking + Enormously Satisfying and Rich book..... + An excellent review of a timely subject             Darwinian Psychiatry4 reviews Michael McGuire, Alfonso Troisi Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 A state-of-the art review of the biology/psychiatry link + Psychiatry from an Evolutionary Perspective + Exceptional Scholarly Work The authors are accomplished psychiatrists who here bring together the wealth of information from contemporary biology, studies of animal behavior, and evolutionary theory, to consider their impact on the practice of psychiatry. Darwinian Psychiatry is an amazing book for its scholarship, ...             The Scars of Evolution22 reviews Elaine Morgan Souvenir Press Ltd, 2000 a valuable contribution worth serious consideration + Exciting and Convincing + Why Isn't This Theory Taught in Schools? + Learning other things about human evolution             Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine20 reviews Randolph M. Nesse, George C. Williams Vintage, 1996 Really great read + Excellent review of topic, even though it's a bit dated + What's for dinner? + A fresh and innovatrive approach + EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE             Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy2 reviews Mel Greaves Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 A new perspective on cancer + Thorough discussion made interesting Greaves does an excellent job of explaining how evolution applies to cancer. How did cancer survive throughout evolution? How do cancer cells go through a Darwinian process of survival of the fittest? How are some cells resistant to chemotherapy? He answers all of these. He also points out that, ...             Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution8 reviews Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd University Of Chicago Press, 2006 Genes and Culture working together. + Thoughtful and readable insights + Nothing About Culture Makes Sense Except in Light of Evolution + Great article in NY Times             Evolving Health: The Origins of Illness and How the Modern World is Making Us Sick3 reviews Noel T. Boaz Wiley, 2002 Evolution in Health and Disease + This book should be required reading in all the schools + Excellent introduction to the ideas of evolutionary medicine This is a fascinating book, written in clear, lucid, and descriptive prose, and written for the non-specialist and specialist alike, exploring the impact of evolution on health and disease. The book introduces "evolutionary medicine" to help the reader make informed choices about his or her own ...             Human Biology and Health: An Evolutionary Approach (Health and Disease) Open University Press, 2001 "Human Biology And Health 3/E".