The Dawn of Darwinian Medicine 20th anniversary (report in Science)
Randolph M. Nesse, M.D.
The University of Michigan
Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology
Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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: Evolutionary Medicine Cooperation/Morality Emotions Depression
Recent articles
*Nesse & Stein: Towards a genuinely medical model for psychiatric nosology, BMC Medicine, 2012
Antolin, et al. Evolution and medicine in undergraduate education: A prescription for all biology students, Evolution, 2012
Natural selection is simple, but the systems It shapes are unimaginably complex, 2012
Evolution: A basic science for medicine, 2012
Nesse & Jackson: Evolutionary foundations for psychiatric diagnosis, 2011
**Ten questions for evolutionary studies of disease vulnerability, Evol Apps, 2011
Nesse & Foxman: Evolution of sexually transmitted disesaes, NYAS, 2011
*Nesse & Dawkins: Evolutionary medicine chapter in Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 2010
Evolutionary perspectives in health and medicine, PNAS, 2010
*Social selection and the origins of culture, 2010
*Making evolution a basic science for medicine, PNAS, 2009
Time for truly biological psychiatry, Brit. J. Psychiatry, 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
*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
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 (unedited footage from 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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Journal The Evolution and Medicine Review
Blog The Skeptical Adaptationist
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Current Research
Evolution and Human Adaptation Program
CLOC research on Bereavement
Darwinian Medicine Course and Website
Biology's Four Questions
How to Test an Evolutionary Hypothesis About Disease
Research Ideas I wish others would pursue
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