Evolutionary mismatch - Wikipedia
Evolutionary mismatch (also "mismatch theory" or "evolutionary trap") is the evolutionary biology concept that a previously advantageous trait may become maladaptive due to change in the …
How Our Stone Age Bodies Struggle To Stay Healthy In …
Sep 30, 2013 · In The Story of the Human Body, evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman explains how our bodies haven't adapted to modern conditions. The result is "mismatch diseases" — …
Evolution and Health: What is a Mismatch Disease? – BiteScis
In this lesson, students learn about how changes in the environment can influence the phenotype of organisms. More specifically, students will be investigating the concept of a mismatch …
Evolutionary Mismatch - Psychology Today
Apr 2, 2018 · Evolutionary mismatch occurs when the environment that organisms are adapted to, via a slow process of biological evolution, changes so quickly and intensely that it hinders …
WEIRD bodies: mismatch, medicine and missing diversity
Sep 1, 2020 · We highlight the critical value of broader sampling by considering the effects of three key exposures that have radically changed over the past century in many parts of the …
Evolutionary mismatch - PMC
Mismatch occurs when ancestral alleles (star) persist in new settings where the environment, but not yet genetics, has changed. EXAMPLE IN HUMAN BIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Due …
The influence of evolutionary history on human health and disease …
Jan 6, 2021 · Mismatch between our biological adaptations to ancestral environments and modern lifestyles contributes to many common diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and heart …
Applying an evolutionary mismatch framework to understand disease …
Sep 11, 2023 · The evolutionary mismatch hypothesis posits that humans evolved in environments that radically differ from those we currently experience; consequently, traits that …
“The Story of the Human Body” - Harvard Magazine
Oct 1, 2013 · Many doctors assume that the increasing burden of chronic diseases is the “price of progress” and a natural consequence of aging populations, but Lieberman argues that …
Nov 2, 2019 · We highlight the critical value of broader sampling by considering the e ects of three key ex-ff posures that have radically changed over the past century in many parts of the …