The story of the human body : evolution, health and disease /: evolution, health and disease. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel E. Lieberman.
• Authors: Lieberman, Daniel, 1964-
• Contents: What are humans adapted for? -- Upstanding apes: how we became bipeds -- Much depends on dinner: how australopiths partly weaned us off fruit -- The first hunter-gatherers: how nearly modern bodies evolved in the human genus -- Energy in the ice age: how we evolved big brains along with large, fat, gradually growing bodies -- A very cultured species: how modern humans colonized the world with a combination of brains plus brawn -- Progress, mismatch, and dysevolution: 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: why too much energy can make us sick -- Disuse: why 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 cultivate a better future for the human body?
• Publisher Details: London New York : Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 460 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 612; SCIENCE / Paleontology; Adaptation (Biology); Human body; Human evolution; Human physiology; Humanbiologie; Evolution; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution; Evolution; Human Biology; Physiology; Human body; Human physiology; Human evolution; Adaptation (Biology); Hominidae -- physiology; Adaptation, Biological; Human Body; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846143939; 1846143934
• Related ISBNs: 9780141399959; 0141399953
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.