Introduction. What Are Humans Adapted For?
The Thorny Concept of Adaptation...The final and most important point about adaptation is really a crucial caveat: no organism is primarily adapted to be healthy, long-lived, happy, or to achieve many other goals for which people strive. As a reminder, adaptations are features shaped by natural ( Read more... )

Главный научный редактор и составитель - Грицанов Александр Алексеевич (1958-2011)Адаптация (позднелат. adaptatio - приспособление, прилаживание) - термин первоначально использовался в биологической науке для обозначения процесса приспособления строения и функций организмов (популяций, видов) и их органов к определенным условиям внешней среды. ... ( Read more... )

Introduction
What Are Humans Adapted For?...The soaring incidence of so many people with chronic diseases not only portends an escalation of suffering but also gargantuan medical bills. More than eight thousand dollars is spent per person each year on health care in the United States, adding up to nearly 18 percent of the nation’s gross domestic ( Read more... )