Evo Child bought this when it first came out and she enjoyed it. I'm just starting it.

It's interesting and very easy to read. Basically it tries to explain why some heritable serious diseases today such as diabetes and hemochromatosis may have resulted from a genetic edge the diseases might have given our ancestors.

Dr Moalem has doctorates in neurogenetics, evolutionary medicine, and human physiology.

Has anyone read this book, and have thoughts on...

My daughter, the Evo Child, is taking Astronomy this semester. She knows nothing about Astronomy and her professor seems to be the kind that gives one lecture and then does a 2 hour lab with exercises for advanced students, obviously to scare the holy bejeezus out of anyone that's not really serious. She said not one single person got anything right, so she's not too down on herself and is looking forward to class Monday since she feels she gets most of it now, in hindsight.

I asked...

Some of my happiest memories are the times I spent at his house with his family.

He passed away unexpectedly Thursday night. Yes, he was ill, but had been told he still had 2-5 years to live.

I think the saddest is that my ex wrote his brother an e-mail that night. This message from Evo Child.

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He was a really good man, I really liked him. He was funny and kind and was great with my two girls. That is how I will remember him.

I am glad that for several years when the girls were little that we lived in New York within about a 1 hour drive to Vermont where he and my mother-in-law lived. (The Evo Child was born in New York)

Unfortunately, for a number of years, he's had alzheimer's to the point that he no longer knew who he was and recognized no one. I think...