HUMAN RACES AND EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE

Bernard SWYNGHEDAUW

U572-INSERM, Hopitai Lariboisiere,’ 41 Bd de la Chapelle, 75475 Paris Cedex 10 France. Email:

Bernard,Swynghedauw@)larib, inserm.fr

Data from the Human Genome Programme has clearly established thai the human race is

unique. Attempts to identify separately Black, Caucasian and Asian, did not establish a

biological basis, which is an interesting

view that many contemporary diseases are likely to result

contemporary lifestyle and dietary habits and the conditions under which the evolutionary

pressure had modified our genetic inheritance. The search for gene variants or mutations, which

could be associated with arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis and/or cancer, should be directed

towards such metabolic genes.