In Memory of Jeremy Taylor, Associate Editor

In Memory of Jeremy Taylor, Associate Editor

Jerry Taylor passed away July 17, 2017, at age 70 from pancreatic cancer.  He was an enormous force for good in the field of evolutionary medicine, and a wonderfully creative, critical, and energetic Associate Editor for the Evolution & Medicine Review....

Ashley Montague on Anthropology and Medicine

Thanks to Holly Smith who provided a copy of a lovely little 1947 article in The Interne, by Ashley  Montague titled, Anthropology in Medicine. zovirax 400mg Some quotes offer crucial historical perspective, such as: “Any suggestion that another course...

Slower aging for human populations with lower extrinsic mortality?

An article in the April, 2009 issue of Evolution, offers provocative support for George Williams’s 1957 prediction that decreased extrinsic mortality rates will select for slower rates of aging. The article compares data from subsistence and European societies...

Two JAMA articles celebrate Darwin’s 200th

JAMA published two articles to commemorate Darwin’s 200th birthday. They illustrate the delicate state of medical knowledge about evolutionary biology.  The one by Jim Evans offers a succinct and sophisticated overview of what evolution offers to medicine now....

The Dawn of Evolutionary Epidemiology-Tucson- Sept 14-16

2008 American College of Epidemiology Meeting Program The Dawn of Evolutionary Epidemiology: Applying Evolutionary Theory in an Epidemiologic Context September 14-16, 2008 Early Bird Rates until Sept 9th, register online! The meeting is at The Westin LaPaloma Resort...