The story of the human body : evolution, health, and disease
Book |
First Edition. |
Pantheon Books,
New York :
[2013]
- 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Port Colborne Library
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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- ISBN: 9780307379412 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: xii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmprint
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: What are humans adapted for? -- Upstanding apes: how we became bipeds -- Much depends on dinner: how the 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 makes us sick -- Disuse: why we are losing it by not using it -- The hidden dangers of novelty and comfort: why everyday innovations can damage us -- Survival of the fitter: can evolutionary logic help cultivate a better future for the human body?.