We treat disease as our enemy, and germs and infections as things we battle. But what if we've been giving them a bum rap? In this witty, engaging book, evolutionary biologist Zuk makes us rethink our instincts as she argues that disease is our partner, not our foe.From the earliest days of life on earth - parasites spurred the creation of complex ...
Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds once thought to be monogamous actually have chicks ...
Birds are hosts to many parasites, internal and external. The parasites inevitably form a burden to the host bird and therefore may affect its ability to grow, survive, and reproduce; its behaviour; and the distribution and abundance of the whole species. In consequence, bird-parasite systems have attracted attention from diverse fields and the ...
Eine vergnA1/4gliche Studie A1/4ber die freundlichen pathogenen Parasiten, die den menschlichen KArper seit Jahrtausenden bevAlkern. a ~In Zuks Buch ist Krankheit mal A1/4berschAumend amA1/4sant, mal von trockenem Witz und manchmal sogar sexy. Mit ihrer Begeisterung und zahllosen Beispielen verschafft sie ihren Lesern einen tiefen Einblick in die ...
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