June 21 and 22 events at the University of Milan

June 21 and 22 events at the University of Milan

The 25th anniversary celebration of University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy will feature two conferences on evolutionary medicine. All are welcome but registration is required. June 21 2023. 14:00-17:30 The changing landscape of health: any role for evolutionary...

A trade-off that maintains cancer vulnerability

New evidence confirms that telomeres are shaped by the tradeoff between cancer vulnerability and faster aging. DeBoy, E. A., Tassia, M. G., Schratz, K. E., Yan, S. M., Cosner, Z. L., McNally, E. J., Gable, D. L., Xiang, Z., Lombard, D. B., Antonarakis, E. S., Gocke,...

EMPH article on tokophobia featured in NYTimes

The Times article is behind a paywall, but the EMPH article is freely available: The Maternal Nutritional Buffering Model: an evolutionary framework for pregnancy nutritional intervention  Zaneta M Thayer, Julienne Rutherford, Christopher W Kuzawa Evolution,...
New articles on evolutionary psychiatry

New articles on evolutionary psychiatry

The June issue of World Psychiatry has two open-access articles on evolutionary psychiatry. These are among the first overviews on the topic to appear in a major psychiatric journal. Wakefield, J. C. (2023). The promise of evolutionary psychiatry. World Psychiatry,...