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- Fundamentals of Evolution and Medicine
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50 min
1. Evolutionary medicine- Prof. Randolph Nesse
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38 min
2. Evolution and medicine: from the perspective of an evolutionary biologist- Prof. Stephen C. Stearns
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31 min
3. Developmental plasticity, evolution and the origins of disease- Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard
- Evolutionary Genetics
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47 min
4. Genetic variation and human disease- Dr. David Houle
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65 min
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46 min
6. Ecogenetics, evolutionary biology and human disease- Prof. Gilbert Omenn
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24 min
7. Race in genetics and medicine- Prof. Jeffrey Long
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46 min
8. Health disparities in common complex diseases: a role for genetics?- Dr. Kathleen Barnes
- Infectious Disease
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44 min
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39 min
10. Evolutionary arms races- Prof. Mark Pagel
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43 min
11. Antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infection- Dr. Carl Bergstrom
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36 min
12. Evolution of drug resistance- Dr. Pleuni Pennings
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34 min
13. Evolution of virulence: malaria, a case study- Prof. Andrew Read
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38 min
14. Infection and chronic disease- Prof. Paul Ewald
- Defenses
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36 min
15. Fever and related defenses- Prof. Matthew Kluger
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45 min
16. The evolutionary ecology of immunity- Prof. Paul Schmid-Hempel
- Novel Environmental Factors
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39 min
17. What did humans evolve to eat? evolutionary perspectives on human nutritional health- Prof. William R. Leonard
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45 min
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42 min
19. The paleolithic lifestyle and prevention of chronic disease- Prof. S. Boyd Eaton
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49 min
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31 min
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31 min
22. Diseases of civilization: an evolutionary legacy- Prof. Alan Weder
- Problems Arising From Constraints and Trade-Offs
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51 min
23. Aging and evolutionary medicine- Prof. Linda Partridge
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45 min
24. Human aging and menopause- Prof. Kristen Hawkes
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32 min
25. Why we cook with spices: preventative darwinian medicine- Prof. Paul Sherman
- Sex and Reproduction
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32 min
26. Setting the second stage: the evolution of menopause & post-reproductive life- Prof. Lynnette Sievert
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44 min
27. Evolutionary obstetrics- Prof. Wenda Trevathan
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41 min
28. Sex differences in mortality- Dr. Daniel Kruger
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46 min
29. The endocrinology of human life history transitions- Prof. Peter Ellison
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43 min
30. Genetic conflicts in human pregnancy- Prof. David Haig
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57 min
31. Environmental effects on human reproduction- Prof. Gillian Bentley
- Cancer
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54 min
32. A darwinian eye view of cancer- Prof. Mel Greaves
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56 min
33. Viruses and cancer- Prof. Robin Weiss
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38 min
34. Connecting aging and cancer through the lens of evolution- Prof. James DeGregori
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44 min
35. Evolutionary dynamics in cancer control and cure- Dr. Bob Gatenby
- Specific Body Systems
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44 min
36. Hard tissue biology in human health and evolution: enamel biology- Prof. Timothy Bromage
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19 min
37. Hard tissue biology in human health and evolution: bone biology- Prof. Timothy Bromage
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46 min
38. Hard tissue biology in human health and evolution: craniofacial biology- Prof. Timothy Bromage
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26 min
39. Hard tissue biology in human health and evolution: life history and chronobiology- Prof. Timothy Bromage
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53 min
40. Lung biology and lung disease- Prof. John S. Torday
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30 min
41. The evolutionary web of life- Prof. John S. Torday
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32 min
42. Evolutionary considerations and the endothelium- Dr. William Aird
- Mental Disorders
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38 min
43. Evolutionary psychiatry- Prof. Randolph Nesse
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48 min
44. Evolutionary behavioural genetics and mental disorders- Dr. Matthew Keller
- Questions and Answers
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57 min
45. Audience questions about evolution and medicine- Prof. Randolph Nesse
- Paediatrics
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41 min
46. Evolutionary pediatrics- Dr. Paul Turke
- Microbiome
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49 min
47. Evolution, the microbiome, and human health- Dr. Joe Alcock
- Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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42 min
48. The hygiene hypothesis- Prof. Graham Rook
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26 min
49. Mapping motivations: evolutionary health promotion- Dr. Valerie Curtis
- Dr. Robert Aunger
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16 min
50. Evolutionary biology of depression- Prof. Lewis Wolpert
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52 min
51. Evolutionary genetic epidemiology- Prof. Nicholas Schork
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65 min
52. Mental disorders in the light of evolutionary biology- Prof. Randolph Nesse
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59 min
53. Evolution: medicine's missing basic science- Prof. Randolph Nesse
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47 min
54. Environmental effects on human reproduction- Prof. Gillian Bentley
Printable Handouts
Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- Outline
- Chronic diseases have complex causality (1)
- Normal distribution for genetic susceptibility
- Chronic diseases have complex causality (2)
- Genes and lifestyle influence disease incidence
- We are genetic stone-agers (1)
- Human evolution
- Human evolution by Gould
- Human evolution by Wilson
- Human evolution by Klein
- Contemporary humans live unnaturally
- Representative illnesses
- Categories of genetic-lifestyle discordances
- A partial list of discordance-related diseases
- Representative discordance-related diseases (1)
- Dental caries
- Refined carbohydrate and dental health
- Refined sugar consumption
- Representative discordance-related diseases (2)
- Lung cancer
- Cigarette consumption and lung cancer
- Tobacco consumption in USA 1890-1990
- Lung cancer in women
- Why do girls and boys smoke?
- Radon and lung cancer (1)
- Radon and lung cancer (2)
- Radon and lung cancer (3)
- Emphysema
- Representative discordance-related diseases (3)
- Hypertension prevalence has increased in USA
- Complications of hypertension (1)
- Complications of hypertension (2)
- Hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes
- Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (1)
- Comparative body mass indices
- Triceps skinfold thickness in young males
- Female figures from the Stone Age
- Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (2)
- Sodium and potassium consumption
- Sources of sodium in the American diet
- Normotensive populations
- Sodium intake and hypertension
- Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (3)
- Comparable physical activity
- Men and women activity in hunter-gatherers
- Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (4)
- Stone-Agers did not consume alcohol
- Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (5)
- Fruit and vegetable consumption
- Representative discordance-related diseases (4)
- Increase in prevalence of diabetes
- Percentage of U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes
- Insulin resistance syndrome
- What is meant by insulin resistance?
- Peoples with exceptional insulin sensitivity
- Body composition
- General muscular strength
- Glucose removed from blood
- Mean aerobic power aged matched males
- Components of insulin resistance
- Insulin action and body composition
- Carbohydrate consumption
- Apples, pears and insulin receptors (1)
- Apples, pears and insulin receptors (2)
- Insulin resistance: a biphasic process (1)
- Insulin resistance: a biphasic process (2)
- Insulinotropic foods (1)
- Insulinotropic foods (2)
- The Paleolithic lifestyle and disease prevention
- Kuhnian paradigm (1)
- Kuhnian paradigm (2)
- Paradigms and science
- We are genetic Stone-Agers (2)
- Prospects
Topics Covered
- Stone Age genes and Space Age lives
- Chronic degenerative diseases
- Case illustrations: from dental caries to diabetes
- Paleolithic health promotion: deviation from the basics of ancestral life increases disease risk whilst reversion reduces it
Talk Citation
Eaton, S.B. (2007, October 1). The paleolithic lifestyle and prevention of chronic disease [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved March 21, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/EELL5948.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on October 1, 2007
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. S. Boyd Eaton has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
The paleolithic lifestyle and prevention of chronic disease
Published on October 1, 2007
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