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The wild life of our bodies : predators, parasites, and partners that shape who we are today / Rob Dunn.
- Description: xiv, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, c2011.
- ISBN: 9780061806483 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 006180648X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Available copies
- 10 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
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0 current holds with 10 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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| Beverly Main | Adult Nonfiction | QR 171 .D86 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Danvers | Adult Nonfiction | QR 46 D86 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Endicott College | General Collection | QR 171 .D86 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 579.17/Dunn (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Marblehead | Adult Nonfiction | 579.17 DUNN 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Middlesex - Bedford Campus | Stacks | QR171 .D86 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Middlesex - Lowell Campus | Lower Level | QR171 .D86 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Northern Essex - Lawrence Campus | Stacks | QR171.A1 D86 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Peabody Main | Adult Nonfiction | QR 171 .D86 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Salem | Adult Non-Fiction | 612/DUNN (Text to phone) | Available | - |
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| Contents: | Who we all used to be. The origins of humans and the control of nature -- Why we sometimes need worms and whether or not you should rewild your gut. When good bodies go bad (and why) ; The pronghorn principle and what our guts flee ; The dirty realities of what to do when you are sick and missing your worms -- What your appendix does and how it has changed. Several things the gut knows and the brain ignores ; I need my appendix (and so do my bacteria) -- How we tried to tame cows (and crops) but instead they tamed us, and why it made some of us fat. When cows and grass domesticated humans ; So who cares if your ancestors sucked milk from Aurochsen? -- How predators left us scared, pathos-ridden and covered in goosebumps. We were hunted, which is why all of us are afraid some of the time and some of us are afraid all of the time ; From flight to fight ; Vermeij's Law of Evolutionary Consequences and how snakes made the world ; Choosing who lives -- The pathogens that left us hairless and xenophobic. How lice and ticks (and their pathogens) made us naked and gave us skin cancer ; How the pathogens that made us naked also made us xenophobic, collectivist, and disgusted -- The future of human nature. The reluctant revolutionary of hope. |
| Summary: | Shares the known and potential consequences of the changing relationships with nature and interactions with other species and emphasizes the importance of reconnecting with the web of life. |
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| Subject: |
Microbial ecology. Human ecology. Human evolution. Host-parasite relationships. |
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