Body by Darwin: How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine Hardcover – 27 Oct 2015

Review

"Taylor has accomplished the difficult feat of appealing to the general reader in a book aimed also at medical professionals. Doctors really do need to imbibe Darwinism, not just as the explanation for all life but as a message of direct importance to medicine itself."--Richard Dawkins, author of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

""Body by Darwin" packages cutting edge science into seven vivid true stories dramatically describing patients and their doctors discovering evolutionary explanations for diseases. More than just the perfect book club book, it advances the field of evolutionary medicine. I will use it in my classes and give copies to my friends."--Randolph M. Nesse, coauthor of Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine

Taylor has accomplished the difficult feat of appealing to the general reader in a book aimed also at medical professionals. Doctors really do need to imbibe Darwinism, not just as the explanation for all life but as a message of direct importance to medicine itself. --Richard Dawkins, author of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution"

"Body by Darwin" packages cutting edge science into seven vivid true stories dramatically describing patients and their doctors discovering evolutionary explanations for diseases. More than just the perfect book club book, it advances the field of evolutionary medicine. I will use it in my classes and give copies to my friends. --Randolph M. Nesse, coauthor of Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine"

"This is a fantastic book that I found hard to put down. Taylor has tackled some of the primary health concerns for many of us in industrialized nations, including allergies, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer s disease, and back and knee problems that result from a lifetime of walking on two legs. Each chapter begins with a story of someone who is afflicted with one of these health challenges, drawing attention to real lives in ways that are compelling, and the thoroughness with which each topic is developed sets this book apart from most others that I have read on evolutionary medicine. --Wenda Trevathan, author of Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women s Health"

Body by Darwin packages cutting edge science into seven vivid true stories dramatically describing patients and their doctors discovering evolutionary explanations for diseases. More than just the perfect book club book, it advances the field of evolutionary medicine. I will use it in my classes and give copies to my friends. --Randolph M. Nesse, coauthor of Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine"

About the Author

Jeremy Taylor was previously a senior producer and director for BBC Television, and he has made numerous science films for the Discovery Channel and Learning Channel, among others. He is also the author of Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes that Make Us Human. He lives in London.