This conversation was led by Amanda Lea, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University. The evolutionary mismatch hypothesis, a core tenet of evolutionary medicine,…
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This conversation was led by Juan Manuel Vazquez, Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California-Berkeley. Peto’s Paradox describes the observation that while cancer risk is…
Comments closedWhen people “treat” a biological population, e.g., when a doctor prescribes an antibiotic, a farmer sprays an herbicide, or a homeowner mows their lawn, they…
Comments closedThis conversation was led by Philipp Mitteroecker and Barbara Fischer, both in the Department of Evolutionary Biology’s Unit for Theoretical Biology at the University of…
Comments closedThis conversation was led by Sarah Mathew, Associate Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, and Matthew Zefferman,…
Comments closedThis Club EvMed featured a dynamic roundtable conversation with several authors of the recently published PNAS paper, “The pandemic exposes human nature: 10 evolutionary insights.”…
Comments closedAt this special Club EvMed, we highlighted some of the exciting work done by postdoctoral researchers in the field of evolutionary medicine. “The effect of…
Comments closedThis conversation was led by Elizabeth Archie, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, and Chelsea Weibel, PhD Student at the…
Comments closedThis conversation was led by Zaneta Thayer, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. Childbirth is an essential component of reproduction. And yet, many individuals…
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