The Unfinished Business of Human Evolution

This book is written by Dr. Gilbert McArdle, who is a retired general surgeon. During his surgical practice, he treated numerous disease states in which it appeared that some of these illnesses could possibly be related to unresolved aspects of human evolution: e.g.: recurrent diseases of the spine, hernias, arthritis, etc. Discussions of these various anomalies of human evolution, so to speak, are presented along with possible suggested evolutionary corrections, both anatomical and biochemical, of these anomalies. These discussions are prefaced by a brief review of the major historical concepts in the theory of evolution.