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Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First Harper Perennial edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 267, 16 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Invites readers to change their perceptions about illness in order to understand disease as an essential component of the evolutionary process, citing the role of such malaises as diabetes, STDs, and the Avian Bird Flu in protecting the survival of the human race.
Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower...
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