Archive for May, 2008

Applied evolution

May 6, 2008

The medical establishment needs more and better understanding of evolution, particularly the emerging field of applied evolution, because ‘…progress is being hampered by the many medics who still tend to conceive of the body as a machine designed by an engineer, when in fact it is a “bundle of compromises … designed to maximise reproduction, not health”‘.

Read original article in New Scientist magazine.