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Interviewer(s)
Art Woods, Marty Martin
Interviewee(s)
Randy Nesse
Description
Why hasn’t natural selection eliminated human diseases? Are bad feelings like anxiety and depression adaptive? Can we use evolutionary biology to improve medicine?
Randy Nesse is a doctor and a scientist at Arizona State University who uses evolutionary biology to inform the practice of medicine. In his latest book, “Good Reasons for Bad Feelings,” he discusses how natural and sexual selection may have shaped our psychological and emotional lives. On this episode Art and Marty talk to Randy about evolutionary psychiatry.
Want more info on evolutionary medicine? Go to the International Society for Evolution, Medicine &Public Health’s website: www.isemph.org
Date Published
2019
Language
eng
Length of Episode
1 hour, 12 minutes, 58 seconds
Digital File Format
audio/mp3
Document Type
Podcast
Recommended Citation
Woods, Art, "Episode 024: Mental Smoke Detectors" (2019). BigBiology Podcasts. 25.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bigbiology_podcasts/25