The word ‘evolution’ may bring to mind dusty dinosaur bones, but it impacts our health every day. For example, even though antibiotics were invented only a century ago, the evolution of antibiotic ...

The word 'evolution' may bring to mind dusty dinosaur bones, but it impacts our health every day. For example, even though antibiotics were invented only a century ago, the evolution of antibiotic ...

Evolution has helped many members of the animal kingdom adapt to overcome or resist a range of medical issues that scientists are trying to solve in humans. The giraffe, for example, has a gene that ...

In this Focus issue, we highlight research and opinion pieces on the many conceptual and practical contributions of evolutionary biology to predicting and controlling disease.

Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of the open access journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (EMPH).

While natural selection is best known for weeding out the weak, it may also be partly responsible for the apparent rise of some disorders, such as autism, autoimmune diseases and reproductive cancers, ...