The Evolutionary Legacy Mel Greaves Additional Author mixed material bibliography Oxford University Press 2002 monographic

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288 In this lucid and entertaining book, Mel Greaves argues that evolutionary biology offers a new perspective that can help us unravel the riddle of cancer. Why, for example, have women always had such a raw deal in the cancer stakes? And why are some cancers, such as prostate cancer, increasing in incidence? Greaves argues that Darwinian selection millions of years ago has endowed our genes and cells with inherently cancerous credentials, and this is exacerbated by our rapid social evolution and exotic behavioural traits that outpace genetic adaptation. The book is full of novel insights, the latest scientific discoveries, and wonderful historical anecdotes. It provides a unique portrait of cancer, past, present, and future. 8484323625 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 616.994071 GRE Can 81 C2O library & collabtive (Technology & Health) 10000 CancerTheEvolutionaryLegac1000_f.jpg 81 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated