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Title: Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
Author: Daniel E Lieberman
ISBN: 9780307741806
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 480
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
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A landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years–with charts and line drawings throughout.
“Fascinating…. A readable introduction to the whole field and great on the making of our physicality.”–Nature In this book, Daniel E. Lieberman illuminates the major transformations that contributed to key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; and how cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions have impacted us physically. He shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning a paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. And finally–provocatively–he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment and pursue better lifestyles.
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