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The Australian, by Alan Gold, 3/03/07

"Why do we get sick? Why do some of us contract hideous diseases that condemn us to misery and shorten our lives? Why are there gruesome inflictions on humanity such as diabetes, sickle-cell anaemia and cystic fibrosis?

"If Charles Darwin was right, and all but a radical fringe of creationists believe he was, it follows that evolution should have led to the survival of the fittest. Ergo, after millenniums of evolution, we should all be robust, disease-free human beings, slim and gorgeous, healthy and happy, power-walking effortlessly to work and living until we're 100. Surely we would have bred out those unfortunate people among us susceptible to diseases, and the men and women left behind would be hearty and resistant.

"Sharon Moalem claims to have the answer and he details it with great wit and style. These diseases are there, he says, because way back in mankind's evolution they protected our ancestors from premature death, enabling them to live just long enough to procreate."

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Bookloons.com by Hilary Williamson

"I love reading books that tilt my view of life, and Survival of the Sickest is one such volume. I read it in one sitting."

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Library Journal, by Tina Neville, 2/20/07

"The particularly coherent writing style makes complex ideas accessible to people without a science background. With the book's emphasis on evolution's goals of survival and reproduction, readers will gain insights into why evolution may have selected for certain traits and why having that insight may better our lives. Highly recommended for general audiences."

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The Star Phoenix, by Misty Harris, 1/30/07

"[Dr. Sharon Moalem's] controversial findings are published in Survival of the Sickest, a kind of CSI meets Freakonomics meets Bill Nye the Science Guy hitting bookstores in February."

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Rocky Mountain News, by Verna Noel Jones, 1/19/07

"This is one not-to-be-missed fantastic journey across the evolutionary landscape of humankind, including everything from how our history has shaped our senses, our appearance, our blood chemistry and more."

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The Courier-Journal, By Tamara Ikenberg, 4/16/07

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The Globe And Mail, by Anne McIlroy, 3/03/07

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The San Diego Reader, by Juris Jurjevics, 2/22/07

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