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Riddled with Life
Marlene Zuk · 2007 · 336 pages
PathologyHuman ecologyMedical parasitologyHuman evolutionHost-parasite relationshipsAdaptation (biology)
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An evolutionary biologist explores how germs, infections, bacteria, and viruses have shaped human life, examining the role of disease while answering such questions as why men die younger than women and how parasites can sometimes make us well.
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