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The fragile wisdom [electronic resource] : an evolutionary view on women's biology and health / Grazyna Jasienska.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674067196
  • 0674067193
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fragile wisdom.DDC classification:
  • 613/.04244 23
LOC classification:
  • RA778 .J43 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
If reproductive hormones are so important, why is there so much variation? -- Coevolution of biology and culture : agriculture and selection for high levels of estrogens -- You are what you eat -- as a fetus -- The French paradox : did child welfare reduce the risk of heart disease? -- Intergenerational echoes of slavery -- The price of reproduction -- The ultimate test of costs of reproduction : life span -- Evolutionary past and modern diet -- Evolution and physical activity -- Evolutionary trade-offs and culture -- Fallacies of philanthropy -- Fixing genes versus fixing lifestyles.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

If reproductive hormones are so important, why is there so much variation? -- Coevolution of biology and culture : agriculture and selection for high levels of estrogens -- You are what you eat -- as a fetus -- The French paradox : did child welfare reduce the risk of heart disease? -- Intergenerational echoes of slavery -- The price of reproduction -- The ultimate test of costs of reproduction : life span -- Evolutionary past and modern diet -- Evolution and physical activity -- Evolutionary trade-offs and culture -- Fallacies of philanthropy -- Fixing genes versus fixing lifestyles.

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