Event Title
Darwinian Medicine and Applied Evolution
Department
Biology
Start Date
5-4-2014 11:30 AM
Description
“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” Evolutionary biology is the theoretical foundation for all biology. Evolutionary principles have been remarkably successful in explaining puzzling, surprising, and incredible features of the living world. As part of the living world, the human body, its pathogens, and diseases have been shaped by evolutionary processes; and Darwinian principles can help explain how our bodies work, and why they so often fail to work as we think they should. However, only recently have evolutionary biologists teamed up with physicians to try to understand the evolutionary causes of "why we get sick." The result is the new field of science called "Darwinian Medicine."
Darwinian Medicine and Applied Evolution
“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” Evolutionary biology is the theoretical foundation for all biology. Evolutionary principles have been remarkably successful in explaining puzzling, surprising, and incredible features of the living world. As part of the living world, the human body, its pathogens, and diseases have been shaped by evolutionary processes; and Darwinian principles can help explain how our bodies work, and why they so often fail to work as we think they should. However, only recently have evolutionary biologists teamed up with physicians to try to understand the evolutionary causes of "why we get sick." The result is the new field of science called "Darwinian Medicine."