"This fascinating book brings together information about emerging and reemerging infectious diseases and human cultural evolution. . . The book is very readable. I recommend this book very highly, particularly for college and public libraries."—Science Books & Films
" Diseases and Human Evolution provides an objective and fascinating introduction to this subject."—The Bloomsbury Review
"Ethne Barnes provides a readable account of diseases past and future and of how human habits influence disease."—JAMA: Journal of American Medical Association
"( Diseases and Human Evolution) provides a fairly complete understanding of the subspecialty of medical anthropology which examines the interplay of human culture and the evolution of disease."—Doody's Medical Reviews