The Story of the Human Body · Evolution, Health, and Disease

The Story of the Human Body · Evolution, Health, and Disease
Authors
Lieberman, Daniel E.
Publisher
Pantheon
Tags
science , health , history
ISBN
9780307379412
Date
2013-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
4.98 MB
Lang
en
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In a book that illuminates, as never before, the evolutionary story of the human body, Daniel Lieberman deftly examines the five major transformations which contributed key adaptations to the body: the advent of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit based diet; the rise of hunting and gathering and of the species as comprised of superlative endurance athletes; the development of a very large brain; and the incipience of modern cultural abilities.