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The Story of the Human Body, The Story of the Human Body
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The Story of the Human Body, The Story of the Human Body

Author: Daniel Lieberman

In the book The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, highlights the need to adapt our world to the bodies of hunter-gatherers. This...

In the book The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, highlights the need to adapt our world to the bodies of hunter-gatherers. This groundbreaking popular science book explores how the way we use our bodies is flawed. From an evolutionary perspective, if the norm is defined as what most people did for...

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  • Language English
  • Number of pages Number of pages 480
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Year of publication Year of publication 2015
  • Publisher Publisher Penguin
Genre: Biology of Natural Sciences
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In the book The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, highlights the need to adapt our world to the bodies of hunter-gatherers. This groundbreaking popular science book explores how the way we use our bodies is flawed. From an evolutionary perspective, if the norm is defined as what most people did for millions of years, then it is natural to walk and run 9-15 kilometers a day to hunt and gather fresh food, which is rich in fiber, low in sugar, and minimally processed. It is also natural to spend many hours caring for others, resting, building with stone tools, and chatting with a small group of people. The 21st-century lifestyles, Daniel Lieberman argues, are out of sync with the bodies of our Paleolithic ancestors. We have never been so healthy and long-lived, yet we have never been so prone to a range of problems that, until recently, were rare or unknown, from asthma and diabetes to overconsumption.

The Story of the Human Body examines how our bodies became what they are and considers how this evolutionary history—both ancient and recent—can help us assess how we use our bodies. How does the current state of the human body relate to the past? And what is the future of the human body?

Daniel Lieberman is the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and a leader in this field. He has written nearly 100 articles, many of which have been published in Nature and Science, and his work has been featured in newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, Boston Globe, Discover, and National Geographic.

Pages: 480, Dimensions: 13x13cm

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Author
Daniel Lieberman
Publisher
Penguin
Type
Biology of Natural Sciences
Language
English
Subtitle
The Story of the Human Body
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
480
Publication Date
2015
Dimensions
12x19 cm
ISBN-13
9780141399959

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