Evolutionary Medicine

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
gptkbp:address gptkb:cancer
infectious diseases
aging
obesity
mental disorders
autoimmune diseases
antibiotic resistance
gptkbp:aimsTo improve clinical practice
improve medical research
understand disease vulnerability
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Darwinian_medicine
gptkbp:appliesTo evolutionary biology to medicine
gptkbp:emergedIn 1990s
gptkbp:focusesOn mismatch between modern environments and ancestral environments
how evolutionary processes affect health
why diseases exist
gptkbp:hasJournal gptkb:Evolution,_Medicine,_and_Public_Health
gptkbp:hasSociety gptkb:International_Society_for_Evolution,_Medicine,_and_Public_Health
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Evolutionary Medicine
gptkbp:keyFigure gptkb:Randolph_M._Nesse
gptkb:George_C._Williams
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Why_We_Get_Sick:_The_New_Science_of_Darwinian_Medicine
gptkbp:relatedTo anthropology
ecology
genetics
public health
evolutionary psychology
gptkbp:studies evolutionary explanations for human disease
gptkbp:teaches evolutionary perspectives in medical education
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stephen_Stearns
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5