Description
Drawing on evolutionary biology, anthropology, and medical science, this accessible work traces the human body’s transformation from its ancient origins to life in the modern world. It explores pivotal developments—including upright walking, dietary change, endurance, brain expansion, and cultural innovation—while showing how agriculture and industrialization reshaped the conditions in which we live. The book presents a compelling explanation for the modern rise of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic illnesses: bodies shaped for an earlier environment now struggle with contemporary habits and systems. Clear, richly informed, and provocative, it uses our evolutionary past to ask how we might design healthier lives and environments for the future.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Oct 1, 2013
433 pages
ISBN: 9780307907417
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First Published
2013
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Story of the Human Body by Daniel E. Lieberman.