The Madness Of Adam And Eve: How Schizophrenia Sh

The Madness Of Adam And Eve: How Schizophrenia Sh

by David Horrobin (Author)

Synopsis

This volume presents an argument which aims to fundamentally alter our view of the roots of humanity and answer questions of how a species of clever ape evolved into something different. Schizophrenia is the only illness to be found in equal measure in all racial groups, pointing to the fact that the disease must have been present at the dawn of mankind before the races diversified and spread from Africa throughout Eurasia and Australasia. The book aims to reveal how the genetic legacy of schizophrenia is at the heart of the best and worst of human achievement.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 02 Apr 2001

ISBN 10: 0593046498
ISBN 13: 9780593046494
Book Overview: How the search for a treatment for schizophrenia led to a new understanding of human evolution.
Prizes: Shortlisted for Aventis Prize for Science Books 2002.

Author Bio
David Horrobin was a scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained the top First Class Honours medical degree of his year. To this he added a clinical medical degree and a doctorate in neuroscience. He has founded two biotech companies. Laxdale, the company he currently runs, specializes in developing new drugs for psychiatric and neurological disorders. He is the founding editor of Medical Hypothesis, which for almost thirty years has been the leading journal for the presentation of new ideas in medicine. He is the author of over 500 scientific papers. David Horrobin lives in Scotland.