The Resource The story of the human body : evolution, health, and disease, Daniel Lieberman
The story of the human body : evolution, health, and disease, Daniel Lieberman
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- Summary
- In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman--chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field--gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. The Story of the Human Body While these ongoing changes have brought about many benefits, they have also created conditions to which our bodies are not entirely adapted, Lieberman argues, resulting in the growing incidence of obesity and new but avoidable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Lieberman proposes that many of these chronic illnesses persist and in some cases are intensifying because of "dysevolution, "a pernicious dynamic whereby only the symptoms rather than the causes of these maladies are treated. And finally--provocatively--he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment. (With charts and line drawings throughout.)
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource:
- Contents
-
- What are humans adapted for?
- Upstanding apes: how we became adapted to being upright
- Much depends on dinner: how walking helped wean us off fruit
- The first hunter-gatherers: how nearly modern bodies evolved in the genus homo
- Energy in the ice age: how we evolved big brains, along with large, fat, slowly growing
- Bodies
- A very cultured species: how modern humans colonized the world with a combination of
- Brains plus brawn
- Progress and mismatch: 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 affluence: why and how too much energy makes us
- Sick
- Disuse: how 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 us better cultivate the human body's
- Future?
- Isbn
- 9780307907417
- Link
-
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- Label
- The story of the human body : evolution, health, and disease
- Title
- The story of the human body
- Title remainder
- evolution, health, and disease
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Lieberman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman--chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field--gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. The Story of the Human Body While these ongoing changes have brought about many benefits, they have also created conditions to which our bodies are not entirely adapted, Lieberman argues, resulting in the growing incidence of obesity and new but avoidable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Lieberman proposes that many of these chronic illnesses persist and in some cases are intensifying because of "dysevolution, "a pernicious dynamic whereby only the symptoms rather than the causes of these maladies are treated. And finally--provocatively--he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment. (With charts and line drawings throughout.)
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lieberman, Daniel
- Dewey number
- 612
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP38
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Human body
- Human evolution
- Adaptation (Biology)
- Label
- The story of the human body : evolution, health, and disease, Daniel Lieberman
- Link
-
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- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What are humans adapted for? -- Upstanding apes: how we became adapted to being upright -- Much depends on dinner: how walking helped wean us off fruit -- The first hunter-gatherers: how nearly modern bodies evolved in the genus homo -- Energy in the ice age: how we evolved big brains, along with large, fat, slowly growing -- Bodies -- A very cultured species: how modern humans colonized the world with a combination of -- Brains plus brawn -- Progress and mismatch: 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 affluence: why and how too much energy makes us -- Sick -- Disuse: how 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 us better cultivate the human body's -- Future?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource:
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307907417
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
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- unknown
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 58ED407C-28A1-4DC7-B872-B92AF0A0A793
- System control number
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- 1429880
- 1429880
- (OCoLC)858874674
- (OCoLC)ocn858874674
- 1429880
- Label
- The story of the human body : evolution, health, and disease, Daniel Lieberman
- Link
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- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What are humans adapted for? -- Upstanding apes: how we became adapted to being upright -- Much depends on dinner: how walking helped wean us off fruit -- The first hunter-gatherers: how nearly modern bodies evolved in the genus homo -- Energy in the ice age: how we evolved big brains, along with large, fat, slowly growing -- Bodies -- A very cultured species: how modern humans colonized the world with a combination of -- Brains plus brawn -- Progress and mismatch: 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 affluence: why and how too much energy makes us -- Sick -- Disuse: how 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 us better cultivate the human body's -- Future?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource:
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307907417
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 58ED407C-28A1-4DC7-B872-B92AF0A0A793
- System control number
-
- 1429880
- 1429880
- (OCoLC)858874674
- (OCoLC)ocn858874674
- 1429880
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