" Bacteria, viruses and fungi cause of all kinds of major and minor plagues and pestilences: bird flu, Ebola, smallpox, athlete's foot. We blast the critters with antimicrobials and recoil in horror should a cookie we're about to eat fall on the ground. (Unless there's no one watching ? in which case many folks, we suspect, eat the cookie.)"
" But there is another way to think about microbes and worms ? as entities that have lovingly helped shape the human form. Such is the viewpoint of evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk of UC Riverside, author of "Riddled With Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are.""
" According to a UC Riverside press release, "In the book, Zuk explains how disease influences everything in our lives, from the evolution of two sexes, to our personalities, to how we choose ... read the whole article
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