In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of
human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change
our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies This ground-breaking
book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is
all wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, if normal is defined
as what most people have done for millions of years, then it's
normal to walk and run 9 -15 kilometres a day to hunt and gather
fresh food which is high in fibre, low in sugar, and barely
processed. It's also normal to spend much of your time nursing,
napping, making stone tools, and gossiping with a small band of
people. Our 21st-century lifestyles, argues Daniel Lieberman, are
out of synch with our stone-age bodies. Never have we been so
healthy and long-lived - but never, too, have we been so prone to a
slew of problems that were, until recently, rare or unknown, from
asthma, to diabetes, to - scariest of all - overpopulation. The
Story of the Human Body 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. How is the
present-day state of the human body related to the past? And what
is the human body's future? 'Monumental. The Story of the Human
Body, by one of our leading experts, takes us on an epic voyage' -
Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish 'Riveting, enlightening, and
more than a little frightening' - Christopher McDougall, author of
Born to Run Daniel Lieberman is the Chair of the Department of
Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and a leader in the field. He
has written nearly 100 articles, many appearing in the journals
Nature and Science, and his cover story on barefoot running in
Nature was picked up by major media the world over. His research
and discoveries have been highlighted in newspapers and magazines,
including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Discover, and National
Geographic.
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