Tag Archives: Evolution

Evolution, Emotions, and Emotional Disorders

Evolution, Emotions, and Emotional Disorders Randolph M. Nesse and Phoebe C. Ellsworth University of Michigan Emotions research is now routinely grounded in evolution, but explicit evolutionary analyses of emotions remain rare. This article considers the implications of natural selection for several classic questions about emotions and emotional disorders. Emotions are special modes of operation shaped […]

Evolution, human-microbe interactions, and life history plasticity

Series  Evolutionary public health 3 Graham Rook, Fredrik Bäckhed, Bruce R Levin, Margaret J McFall-Ngai, Angela R McLean A bacterium was once a component of the ancestor of all eukaryotic cells, and much of the human genome originated in microorganisms. Today, all vertebrates harbour large communities of microorganisms (microbiota), particularly in the gut, and […]