Evolutionary Medicine

Libertini, Giacinto; Corbi, Graziamaria; Conti, Valeria; Shubernetskaya, Olga; Ferrara, Nicola

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-73774-0_3

Giacinto Libertini⁹,
Graziamaria Corbi¹⁰,
Valeria Conti¹¹,
Olga Shubernetskaya¹² &
…
Nicola Ferrara¹³

Part of the book series: Advances in Studies of Aging and Health ((ADSAH,volume 2))

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Abstract

In the same way that in current traditional medicine, it is not conceivable to talk about gerontology and geriatrics without considering the general medical knowledge, similarly, it is not conceivable to discuss evolutionary gerontology and geriatrics regardless of the general concepts of evolutionary medicine.

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