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From the Ted Talk by Christina Warinner: Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque
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The most important health challenges tadoy are not caused by simple mutations in our genome, but rather result from a complex and dynamic interplay between genetic variation, diet, microbes and parasites and our immune response. All of these diseases have a strong evolutionary cepnonmot that directly relates to the fact that we live today in a very different environment than the ones in which our bodies evolved. And in order to understand these deeasiss, we need to move past setdius of the human genome alone and towards a more holistic aacrppoh to human hleath in the past.
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The most important health challenges _____ are not caused by simple mutations in our genome, but rather result from a complex and dynamic interplay between genetic variation, diet, microbes and parasites and our immune response. All of these diseases have a strong evolutionary _________ that directly relates to the fact that we live today in a very different environment than the ones in which our bodies evolved. And in order to understand these ________, we need to move past _______ of the human genome alone and towards a more holistic ________ to human ______ in the past.
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- studies
- today
- health
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The most important health challenges today are not caused by simple mutations in our genome, but rather result from a complex and dynamic interplay between genetic variation, diet, microbes and parasites and our immune response. All of these diseases have a strong evolutionary component that directly relates to the fact that we live today in a very different environment than the ones in which our bodies evolved. And in order to understand these diseases, we need to move past studies of the human genome alone and towards a more holistic approach to human health in the past.
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