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Survival of the Sickest

Survival of the Sickest
作者:Sharon Moalem / Jonathan Prince
副标题:The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity
出版社:Harper Perennial
出版年:2008-03
ISBN:9780060889661
行业:其它
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Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth. Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. But Survival of the Sickest doesn't stop there. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives.

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沙伦·莫勒姆,博士,获奖科学家、医生,以及《纽约时报》畅销书作者。其研究和作品通过医药学、遗传学、历史和生物学的相互融合,以一种新颖而又引人入胜的方式来解释人类的身体是如何工作的。他还是《纽约时报》畅销书《病者生存》(Survival of the Sickest)和《性之谜》 (How Sex Works)的作者。他的著作已被翻译成30余种语言。

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目前研究人员认为,我们的DNA中有多达三分之一来自病毒。换句话说,人类的进化不单单是机体不断“适应”病毒和细菌的结果,面且还可能是与它们“有机结合”的产物。

理解现在是认识过去的关键:如果现在的气候如此,那么过去 的气候也应该是同理可得。这种被科学家们视为具有指导原则的观 点叫均变论

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