Beschreibung
The roots of anxiety, depression and addiction in humanity’s evolutionary past are explored in this interesting and unique interjection on the subject which traces the role these conditions had in keeping ancient humans alive towards their prevalence among the humans alive today.
Randolph Nesse is an American physician, a founder of evolutionary medicine, and co-author with George C. Williams of the acclaimed Why We Get Sick. After a long career as a Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, Nesse moved in 2014 to become the Founding Director of the Center for Evolution and Medicine at Arizona State University, where he is also a professor in the School of Life Sciences.