The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman

The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman

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Shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies. This book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. It asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies.

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The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman

Shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies. This book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. It asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies.
MonumentalThe Story of the Human Body, by one of our leading experts, takes us on an epic voyage that reveals how the past six million years shaped every part of us - our heads, limbs, and even our metabolism. Through Lieberman's eyes, evolutionary history not only comes alive, it also becomes the means to understand, and ultimately influence, our body's future -- Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish
No one understands the human body like Daniel Lieberman or tells its story more eloquently. He's found a tale inside our skin that's riveting, enlightening, and more than a little frightening -- Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run
Daniel Lieberman is Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences and a professor of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is a leading figure in the field of human evolution and its relevance to health. He is especially renowned for his research on the evolution of running, which he also enjoys himself. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, many of them in Nature and Science. His previous books include The Story of the Human Body and Exercised. He lives in Massachusetts.
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ISBN 13 9780141399959
ISBN 10 0141399953
Title The Story of the Human Body
Author Daniel Lieberman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2014-10-02
Number of pages 480
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