PSYC 3100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Stone Age, Homicide, Hypertension
16 Sep 2013
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Before 1900: 25% died before 25, 50% lived past 50; today: 3% and 10% respectively: modern medicine and modern health practices, 1900: death by diseases; today: cvd (old age) More and more, the cause of death has become the result of human behaviour (accident, homicide, suicide, lung cancer, obesity) Mismatch hypothesis: the idea that many of our health problems come from differences between our present lifestyle and that of the eea (present environment vs. evolved characteristics) Most stone age people were taller and extremely fit very athletic. Maintaining healthy weight is a huge problem today mounting evidence that diets do not work. It takes only 10 extra calories each day to gain a pound each year. Allowed ancestors to survive periods of famine (no longer an advantage clearly: body fat is evolved to store food on the body women have more (enough for a pregnancy to be successful, typically)
