The Story of the Human Body Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Daniel Lieberman
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
183

The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman Book 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 brilliantly illuminates as never before the major transformations that contributed key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering, leading to our superlative endurance athleticism; the development of a very large brain; and the incipience of cultural proficiencies. Lieberman also elucidates how cultural evolution differs from biological evolution, and how our bodies were further transformed during the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.
 
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.

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Book Name The Story of the Human Body
Genre Life Sciences
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Language English
E-Book Size 11.26 MB

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Fresh Insights. I don’t take the time to review many books, but I’m doing so as a thank you to Dr. Lieberman for telling this amazing story in a clear and accessible way, bringing fresh insights, and tying together so many loose threads. The first eight chapters are a tour de force, and so rewarding for anyone interested in the very big trends and very small details that spawned human evolution. Dr. Lieberman connects human evolution with today’s “mismatch” maladies quite well, but spent a lot of time with familiar territory there.

Excellent book. Working to modify food-related behaviors among people with diabetes is a challenge, And Dr. Lieberman hits the nail on the head. I loved the mix of biology, sociology and touch of politics related to today's biggest health challenges.

Huge Scope. Daniel Lieberman has written a book with a vast scope. This book is for any curious person who has wondered why and how we as humans operate. You will get everything you want and then some. In this all inclusive book, there are amazing facts and insight that you may have never even pondered.

So incredibly interesting. I bought this book after listening to an interview with the author on NPR. I found the work inspiring .

Outstanding. This is a very important book for physicians to read. I definitely think that the evolutionary perspective of human disease should be added to medical school curriculums.

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The The Story of the Human Body book written by Daniel Lieberman was published on 01 October 2013, Tuesday in the Life Sciences category. A total of 183 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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