{"product_id":"9780471352617","title":"Evolving Health The Origins of Illness and How the Modern World Is Making Us Sick","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEvolving Health\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Origins of Illness and How the Modern World Is Making Us Sick\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNoel T. Boaz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Fitness \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman illnesses can be understood as damage to those adaptations that we took on at various stages in our evolution from pre-life molecules to modern Homo sapiens. Preventing these illnesses entails avoiding what causes the damage — which too frequently are the everyday hazards of twenty-first-century life, as the chart below shows:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevel of Evolution\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eCause of adaptive failure\u003c\/i\u003e \/ resulting disease or problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePre-life\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental poisons\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Certain birth defects\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSingle cell (bacteria and amoeba-like)\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eViral infection\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Colds\/flu\/HIV\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorula (sponge-like)\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eCellular stress\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Cancer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChordate\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003ePhysical stress\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Back pain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFish\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eExcess dietary salt\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Hypertension\/heart disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmphibian\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eTobacco smoke\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Lung cancer\/emphysema\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLower primate\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eExcess dietary sugar\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Diabetes mellitus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigher primate\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eVitamin C deficiency\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Scurvy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApe\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eExcess dietary protein\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Gout\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eReduced dietary variety\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Nutritionaldiseases\/food allergies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOEL BOAZ\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., Biological Anthropologist, is the founder and Director of the International Institute for Human Evolutionary Research and Professor of Anatomy at Ross University School of Medicine. He is the author of more than fifty scientific papers, the leading textbook in biological anthropology, and two popular science books, \u003ci\u003eQuarry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEco Homo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 April 2002\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780471352617\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377934823564,"sku":"9780471352617","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780471352617_dc2473f4-b1f7-4459-9689-7d2c6af9b6cc.jpg?v=1780168544","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780471352617","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}