Evolutionary medicine (EM) is a growing field focusing on the evolutionary basis of human
diseases and their changes through time. To date, the majority of EM studies have used …

Objective: Prevalence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) disease is increasing worldwide. We aim to
test correlation of T1D prevalence to the reduced natural selection measured by Biological …

Cancer incidence increase has multiple aetiologies. Mutant alleles accumulation in
populations may be one of them due to strong heritability of many cancers. The opportunity …

The field of evolutionary medicine uses evolutionary principles to understand changes in
human anatomy and physiology that have occurred over time in response to environmental …

Objective Relaxed natural selection, measured by Biological State Index (Ibs), results in
unfavourable genes/mutations accumulation in population. Obesity is partly heritable. We …

Worldwide rise of obesity may be partly related to the relaxation of natural selection in the
last few generations. Accumulation of mutations affecting metabolism towards excessive fat …

Ageing and genetic traits can only explain the increasing dementia incidence partially.
Advanced healthcare services allow dementia patients to survive natural selection and pass …

For several decades, anatomists and biological anthropologists have made an intensive
study in anatomical variations in ancestral and living humans. While many anatomical …

Human intelligence has been theorized since the ancient Greeks. Plato and Aristotle
incorporated theories of human intelligence into their metaphysical and cosmological …

Background and objectives The body mass index (BMI) is an established anthropometric
index for the development of obesity-related conditions. However, little is known about the …