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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
- Cancer in developed vs. less developed countries
- Adult vs. childhood cancer
- Risk of cancer
- Cancer: the very basics
- Cancer cell biology
- What causes the mutations?
- Cancer roulette
- Cancer from an evolutionary point of view
- Evolutionary vs. proximate causes of diseases
- Diseases from an evolutionary perspective
- Darwinian medicine (1)
- Darwinian medicine (2)
- Limitations of adaptation by natural selection
- Evolutionary medicine and cancer: principle no. 1
- Design limitations/trade-offs
- Stem cells - a good idea?
- Stem cell behaviour and cancer risk (1)
- Stem cell behaviour and cancer risk (2)
- Evolutionary medicine and cancer: principle no. 2
- Clonal evolution of a cancer
- The process is not that simple
- Implications of cancer clones development
- Evolutionary medicine and cancer: principle no. 3
- Mismatches that result in cancer (1)
- Breast cancer is not a new disease
- Logic of breast cancer risk
- Mismatches that result in cancer (2)
- Evolutionary medicine and cancer: principle no. 4
- Ageing and cancer
- The cancer prescription
Topics Covered
- The prevalence of cancer: man vs. animals
- The proximal causes of cancer: mutations and genotoxic exposures
- Limitations of evolutionary adaptation by natural selection
- Vulnerability to cancer from an evolutionary perspective
- Lack of perfection in evolutionary 'engineering': faults/trade-offs
- Evolutionary adaptation 'has no eyes to the future': mismatches between genetics and lifestyle
- Natural selection will happen: evolution of robust cancer clones
- The only fitness test of 'natural selectability' in evolution is survival and reproductive success: cancer risk escalation in old age
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Talk Citation
Greaves, M. (2020, August 16). A darwinian eye view of cancer [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved January 15, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/HINI2878.Export Citation (RIS)
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Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Mel Greaves has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
