Is ADHD An Advantage For Nomadic Tribesmen?

Not everyone believes in evolution as a principle. Still more people believe in it, but don't really understand it.



I used to live in a Mediterranean country where evolution was taught as a concept that had been once believed but was now disproved - which is a pretty neat way of dealing with a troublesome church/state issue: by making science seem quaint and out of date instead of modern and helpful.



I find evolution endlessly fascinating, myself. And the ideas of evolutionary biology very helpful. One of the most interesting books I've read recently is"Survival of the Sickest" by Sharon Moalem, with a darn good set of theories of "why we need disease."



A friend recently pointed me toward "Is ADHD An Advantage For Nomadic Tribesmen?and it reminds me ofShan Guisinger'swritings on the evolutionary role for anorexia.