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a| HK-SYU c| HK-SYU

a| QP38 b| .L74 2014

a| 612 b| LIE 2014

a| Lieberman, Daniel, d| 1964-

a| The story of the human body : b| evolution, health and disease / c| Daniel Lieberman.

a| London : b| Penguin Books, c| 2014.

a| xii, 460 p. ; c| 20 cm.

a| Includes index.

a| 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?

a| Human body.

a| Human evolution.

a| Adaptation (Biology).

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