Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Why It Is So Difficult to Be Perfectly Healthy 1
4. 1 If Reproductive Hormones Are So Important, Why Is There So Much Variation? 13
5. 2 Coevolution of Biology and Culture: Agriculture and Selection for High Levels of Estrogen 44
6. 3 You Are What You Eat . . . as a Fetus 72
7. 4 The French Paradox: Did Child Welfare Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease? 92
8. 5 Intergenerational Echoes of Slavery 102
9. 6 The Price of Reproduction 131
10. 7 The Ultimate Test of the Costs of Reproduction: Life Span 154
11. 8 Evolutionary Past and Modern Diet 171
12. 9 Evolution and Physical Activity 190
13. 10 Evolutionary Trade- Offs and Culture 204
14. 11 Fallacies of Philanthropy 220
15. 12 Fixing Genes versus Fixing Lifestyles 232
16. Conclusion: Is Our Physiology Obsolete? 247
17. References 255
18. Acknowledgments 305
19. Index 309