The Story of the Human Body, (Paperback)

from RajivC

This book, by Daniel Lieberman, is excellent. The book starts by tracing human evolution; I applaud him for this. He systematically explains how small quirks in our evolutionary journey helped us become who we are. Our journey is fascinating because it contains the seeds of our success and the f...

from MarkBeronte

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 devel...

from dickmanikowski

"Like it or not, we are slightly fat, furless, bipedal primates who crave sugar, fat, salt, and starch, but we are still adapted to eating a diverse diet of fibrous fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, tubers, and lean meat. We enjoy rest and relaxation, but our bodies are still those of endurance...

from mitchellray

In "The Story of the Human Body", Harvard human evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman traces the history of human evolution. His purpose is to explain how our bodies are meant to work and what is needed to keep them healthy. His premise is that as human biological evolution has been overshadowe...

from msbaba

"The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease" is the type of popular science book that is so fascinating and well written that it can truly be described as intellectual entertainment...candy for the inquiring brain. In so many ways, this book was a delight. I knew I would be attra...