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The human body always works to remain in homeostasis. One form of homeostasis is thermoregulation. Body temperature varies in every individual, but the average internal temperature is 37.0 °C (98.6 °F). [1] Sufficient stress from extreme external temperature may cause injury or death if it exceeds the ability of the body to thermoregulate.
Cave paintings (such as this one from France) represent a benchmark in the evolutionary history of human cognition. Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin was the first to propose the out-of-Africa hypothesis for the peopling of the world, [40] but the story of prehistoric human migration is now understood to be much more complex thanks to twenty-first-century advances in genomic sequencing.
Evolutionary mismatch can occur any time an organism is exposed to an environment that does not resemble the typical environment the organism adapted in. Due to human influences, such as global warming and habitat destruction, the environment is changing very rapidly for many organisms, leading to numerous cases of evolutionary mismatch.
Many studies on development have been human-specific. In his 2011 paper, Bernard Crespi focused on adaptation and genomic conflict in childhood diseases. He considers the evolution of childhood diseases and their risk levels, and finds that both risk and disease have evolved. [12]
A link has been suggested between chronic stress and cardiovascular disease. [43] Stress appears to play a role in hypertension, and may further predispose people to other conditions associated with hypertension. [48] Stress may precipitate abuse of drugs and/or alcohol. [5] Stress may also contribute to aging and chronic diseases in aging ...
Human longevity is affected by a complex number of factors, including lifestyle. Through modifiable lifestyle behaviors, including diet, exercise, and limiting sedentary behavior, you can improve ...
Recent human evolution related to agriculture includes genetic resistance to infectious disease that has appeared in human populations by crossing the species barrier from domesticated animals, [217] as well as changes in metabolism due to changes in diet, such as lactase persistence.
Evolutionary suicide has also been referred to as Darwinian extinction, [2] evolution to extinction [3] and evolutionary collapse. [4] The idea is similar in concept to the tragedy of the commons and the tendency of the rate of profit to fall , namely that they are all examples of an accumulation of individual changes leading to a collective ...