BY  in the Daily Bruin Sept 30, 2013

In the eyes of some scientists, anxiety disorders have evolved from primitive human instincts, and examining their histories is crucial for medicine today.

This is the basis of evolutionary medicine, an emerging field of biology and the subject material of a new minor now offered at UCLA.

Evolutionary medicine looks at modern medicine through an evolutionary and historical perspective, said Daniel Blumstein, chair of the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and program director of the evolutionary medicine minor.  Read more

 

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