Evolutionary explanations in medical and health profession courses: are you answering your students' "why" questions?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Medical and pre-professional health students ask questions about human health that can be answered in two ways, by giving proximate and evolutionary explanations. Proximate explanations, most common in textbooks and classes, describe...

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Main Authors: Malyango Avelin A, Harris Eugene E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/5/16