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Release: 2007-02-16
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0826330665
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Diseases and Human Evolution pdf
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Recent interest in new diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and Ebola, and the resurgence of older diseases like tuberculosis has fostered questions about the history of human infectious diseases. How did they evolve? Where did they originate? What natural factors have stalled the progression of diseases or made them possible? How does a microorganism become a pathogen? How have infectious diseases changed through time? What can we do to control their occurrence? Ethne Barnes offers answers to these questions, using information from history and medicine as well as from anthropology. She focuses on changes in the patterns of human behavior through cultural evolution and how they have affected the development of human diseases. Writing in a clear, lively style, Barnes offers general overviews of every variety of disease and their carriers, from insects and worms through rodent vectors to household pets and farm animals. She devotes whole chapters to major infectious diseases such as leprosy, syp Download Diseases and Human Evolution for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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