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Abstract evolutionary medicine is a new field whose goal is to incorporate an evolutionary perspective into medical education, research, and practice. Evolutionary perspectives on human development applies evolutionary theory to such topics as parentchild relationships, the maltreatment of children, psychopathology, cooperation and competition among siblings, and the acquisition of vital resources in different cultural settings from an evolutionary point of view. Of evolutionary biologys many practical applications, those in medicine are the most obvious and potentially the most important. Prepare for a career in canadian health care with the only text of its kind. Oct 01, 2007 building on the success of their groundbreaking anthology evolutionary medicine oup, 1999, wenda r. New perspectives features an introductory overview that covers the fields diverse array of topics, questions, lines of evidence, and perspectives. Dec 26, 2017 the current study was designed to identify the core principles of evolutionary medicine, with the expectation that they will be useful to guide curricular development.
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