Randolph M. Nesse, M.D.
The University of Michigan

Professor of Psychiatry,  Professor of Psychology
Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR
Director, Evolution and Human Adaptation Program

Room 3018 East Hall, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1043
(734) 764-6593  Email: nesse(insert@here)umich.edu  eFax (801) 601-0525

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Selected resources on:   Depression Evolutionary Medicine Cooperation/Morality Emotions

New articles
Making evolution a basic science for medicine, PNAS, 2009
How can evolution and neuroscience help us understand moral capacities?  2009
Evolutionary origins and functions of emotions, 2009
Review of The Evolution of Obesity, Nature, 2009
Social selection and the origins of culture, preprint
Explaining depression: Neuroscience is not enough, evolution is essential, 2009
Evolution, Emotions and Emotional Disorders, American Psychologist, 2009
Evolution: Medicine's Most Basic Science, Lancet, 2008
Runaway Social Selection for Displays of Partner Value and Altruism, Biological Theory, 2007
The Great Opportunity: Evolutionary Applications to Medicine and Public Health, Applied Evolution, 2008

New web media

Darwinian Medicine, Cambridge University Darwin Festival 2009
The Bizarre Body, Australian Public Radio, 2009
Why Does Depression Exist at all? (Grand Rounds, 2009)
Case Western University's Year of Darwin: The Great Opportunity: New Evolutionary Applications in Medicine
Evolution and Medicine (UK TV interview with Richard Dawkins)
Overview of Evolutionary Applications in Medicine.  Sackler Colloquium, National Academy, 2009
The Evolving Body. Podcast at  Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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