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Evolutionary psychiatry asks a provocative question: why have these "disorders" persisted throughout human history? If depression or ADHD were purely detrimental, natural selection should have phased them out.
The answer may lie in "mismatch theory." Traits that are considered problematic in a modern, sedentary, 9-to-5 office environment might have been highly adaptive in a hunter-gatherer society. The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Provid...
Many of these variations are common throughout the population. In small doses, these genetic traits can offer advantages. The same genetic markers associated with bipolar disorder, for instance, are frequently found in highly creative and productive individuals. This suggests that the "other side of normal" isn't a separate territory of illness, but a high-intensity version of traits that exist in all of us. Evolutionary Mismatch and Adaptation Many of these variations are common throughout the