The story of the human body : evolution, health, and disease / Daniel E. Lieberman.
By: Lieberman, Daniel.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: First edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307379412 (hbk.); 0307379418 (hbk.).Other title: Human body : evolution, health, and disease.Subject(s): Human body | Human evolution | Adaptation (Biology)DDC classification: 612Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 612 L621 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003485844 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What are humans adapted for? -- Upstanding apes: how we became bipeds -- Much depends on dinner: how the Australopiths partly weaned us off fruit -- The first hunter-gatherers: how nearly modern bodies evolved in the human genus -- Energy in the ice age: how we evolved big brains along with large, fat, gradually growing bodies -- A very cultured species: how modern humans colonized the world with a combination of brains plus brawn -- Progress, mismatch, and dysevolution: the consequences -- good and bad -- of having paleolithic bodies in a post-paleolithic world -- Paradise lost?: the fruits and follies of becoming farmers -- Modern times, modern bodies: the paradox of human health in the industrial era -- The vicious circle of too much: why too much energy can make us sick -- Disuse: why we are losing it by not using it -- The hidden dangers of novelty and comfort: how everyday innovations can damage us -- Survival of the fitter: can evolutionary logic help cultivate a better future for the human body?
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