Humanityine Quotes

“...cancer is not a disease of -modern- times, but environmental changes can shift tissue-specific cancer risks. However, the overall consensus, in both fields of palaeo-oncology and evolutionary medicine, has been that cancer prevalence in human societies has increased significantly in the most recent period of our history, suggesting support for the evolutionary mismatch hypothesis.”
― Kimberly A. Plomp, Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach