- Adaptation (Biology), Human body, Human evolution, Evolution
A Harvard evolutionary biologist presents an engaging discussion of how the human body has evolved over millions of years, examining how an increasing disparity between the needs of Stone Age bodies and the realities of the modern world are fueling a paradox of greater longevity and chronic disease.
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Daniel E. Lieberman
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 460
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books, FISCHER Taschenbuch, FISCHER, S.
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English, Portuguese, German
- ISBN
- 9783100022233
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Daniel E. Lieberman (born June 3, 1964) is a paleoanthropologist at Harvard University, where he is the Edwin M Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences, and chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. He is best known for his research on the evolution of the human head and the evolution of the human body.
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