Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, and he infuses his writing with somewhat entertaining evolutionary musings over redundant daily tasks (i.e., taking the elevator or stairs sitting on a comfy chair or squatting running barefoot or not etc.) that we could all practice for both our intellectual and physical benefit. The great advantage of this book is that Dr. Age-related disorders notwithstanding, many afflictions we experience today appear to be maladaptation rather than adaptation, due to recent transformations in human history. Finally, the last part explores how our body is coping with our physically comfortable lifestyle with serious consequences to our health and well-being. The chapters on the effects of farming in our diet and, consequently, our jaws and bodies are particularly noteworthy and highly recommended. In the second part, major transitions from food hunting to farming and the technological advancements that spurred the Industrial Revolution offer clues to how maladapted our hunter-gatherer bodies are for the modern times. In the first part, the evolution of the human body, with the advantages and disadvantages of evolving bipedalism, energetically costlier larger brains, and the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, are discussed. The book is divided in three parts consisting of several chapters each.
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More importantly, what lessons can we draw from the past and present to predict the future of our bodies?
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It is necessary to step back and critically think about how their high incidence came to be and why we suffer more despite living better. The question is imperative at this point in time, as we face a heavy burden of modern diseases such as cancer, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, neuronal degeneration, and countless other afflictions. Daniel Lieberman explores in his latest book, is: What are human bodies adapted for? Naturally, this question is quite complex and discussing it in the context of not one but three intricate topics comprising evolution, health, and disease makes this exploration quite ambitious. The question we would like to answer, and the one that Dr. Learn more at and people who view and discuss the human body in the light of evolution pinpoint changes based on solid scientific ground, informed speculation, or hand waving, which must have occurred for our species to survive over other archaic hominins. The scholarships provide all school expenses, clothing, room and board, health necessities, and support for participation in ultra marathons. At this event we will be accepting donations to help fund the Barefoot Seeds Student/Runner scholarship program for Tarahumara teenagers and allow them to live together in Urique, Mexico. The Tarahumara are the indigenous people of Mexico's Copper Canyons who were made famous through the book Born to Run. Christopher McDougall (Born to Run) says, "No one understands the human body like Daniel Lieberman or tells its story more eloquently." Lieberman is also advisor to Barefoot Seeds, a nonprofit Tarahumara farmer cooperative.
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The Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, Lieberman's work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, Nature and Science. Daniel Lieberman, known as the "Barefoot Professor" for his research into the evolution of running and barefoot running advocacy, discusses his book The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease.