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by Peter Gluckman; Mark Hanson

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Our bodies and body processes evolved to allow our ancestors the best chance of survival as hunter-gatherers in the Savannah. Our brains, on the other hand, have evolved intelligence, imagination, and foresight, allowing us to leave all other creatures behind, and develop complex societies, cultures, and lifestyles, far removed from those of our ancestors.

The development of a modern human in utero still reflects our past, and we have created a modern, artificial world that is out of tune with our evolved bodies. Could it be that this mismatch has led to the current deadly explosion in 'lifestyle' diseases such as diabetes and obesity, and will it lead to increasingly frequent epidemics? We appear unable to evolve out of this problem, and unwilling to return to a different way of life, so how can we understand and address this increasingly crucial challenge?

Gluckman and Hanson set out the case, examining issues that are at times controversial and speculative. Utilizing the latest research in epigenetics (that genes may be environmentally modified), they propose that intervention in early human development, alongside a better focus on the health of potential mothers, can make future generations better suited to the modern world.

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  • Title Mismatch: Why Our World No Longer Fits Our Bodies
  • Author Peter Gluckman; Mark Hanson
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford
  • Publication date September 19, 2006
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780192806833 / 0192806831
  • Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.2 x 9.3 x 1.1 in (15.75 x 23.62 x 2.79 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Evolution (Biology), Ecological genetics
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006019107
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.58

About the author

Peter Gluckman is University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Paediatrics and Perinatal Biology, and Director of the Liggins Institute for Medical Research and the National Center for Growth and Development, at the University of Auckland.
Mark Hanson directs the Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease at the University of Southampton, and is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and Honorary professor at the University of Auckland.
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