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Clinical Depression in the Context of Human Evolution

If evo­lu­tion ensures sur­vival of the most adapt­able species, how did it not van­quish men­tal depres­sion in humans? This ques­tion has been on my mind for sev­eral years, and it is time to exam­ine it in the con­text of a new hypoth­e­sis pro­posed by two sci­en­tists.
Back­ground
Between 30 to 50% peo­ple suf­fer from a major depres­sive